I have now done this and installed Zorin 18.1 on my laptop. Unfortunately, it does not give me the option of booting Zorin since the EFI directory cannot be found. After trying a number of fixes from the internet this error was repeated frequently. Once there was a reference to "permission" which was not available.
You installed with dual boot or standalone ?
And did You set up for Your UEFI BIOS in Rufus GPT?
it should have put the zorin bootloader onto the same efi partition as the windows bootloader. Does your BIOS list all available boot choices? Is there a Zorin or a Ubuntu option? If so move it up before the Windows choice.
Lastly, make sure that fastboot in windows is disabled. If not it doesn't turn off and reboot but just goes to sleep.
If you go back into live USB (try Zorin) mode from your bootstick there should be an option to repair grub. Try that.
Dual boot
I am not sure what that means. Using Rufus my laptop simply boots Windows. I can only use Ventoy to successfully boot Zorin.
I tried Boot Repair and was told to install Zorin 18.1! Zorin 18.1 is already installed on my laptop.
That's strange. Almost like it can't see the installation.
Remind us all of your setup. Is it windows plus zorin in a dual boot on just one ssd? Perhaps you could run Gparted on the drive and post the results. Include the details on the zorin partition and the efi partition if you can.
Also, can you run sudo efibootmgr in terminal and post what it shows.
Did you disable Fast Startup in windows power management ?
you have to do it because it could be a problem with dual boot
That means that You can set up in Rufus on the Partitions Sheme Option GPT Sheme for UEFI BIOS or MBR for Legacy BIOS:
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For some reason the OP is unable to boot from any of the several USB sticks he has created from Rufus or Balena. He says the only program that produces a boot stick that his BIOS will recognize is Ventoy so rather than keep trying to figure out why the others don't work I suggested he go ahead and use what he can,
Yes, I did.
I did run efibootmgr and it showed as Boot0000 a file (\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
I am wondering if I should consider this thread (no WiFi adapter) closed and open a new on No EFI file found. I have now read about a number of issues with ACER laptops requiring special permission to add items to the UEFI boot order. One article showed an item in the ACER BIOS Security tab which gives this permission. However, my laptop does not have that item in the Security list.
Yes, it is dual boot on one 1T SSD. I have now installed Zorin on a 100GB partition immediately following the Windows partition (I think).
You have that actually several Times. For 0000 and when I look in the List 0003 and 0004.
I see two issues, at least.
First, as @Ponce-De-Leon points out, you do have two zorin/ubuntu bootloaders 0003 and 0004 but neither is in your boot order. You can specify a boot order by
- Example: To boot from entry
0001first, then0002, then0003:
sudo efibootmgr -o 0001,0002,0003
SEcond, your Zorin partition isn't mounted. You can specify automount in the settings menu for the partition using the disks utility. Highlight the partition then click onthe tiny little cogwheel icon below and to left, then go to mount options. You may need to uncheck a default button and then customize.
I think you might want to do a new thread if you don;t solve issue fairly quickly because the title doesn't represent what is now being worked on. However, I defer to @Ponce-De-Leon who has more experience with the forum than I do and who I know is following the thread.
A moderator should be able to split the thread if the divergence point between subjects is clear.