Acer V5-171 Windows 8 + Ubuntu help

[Artifex Maximus]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 4:51 PM, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:
>> I leave it for about five minutes but only blank screen
>
> I recently built a couple of systems and experienced a blank screen with
> Ubuntu during install. Luckily, I was able to change a setting in the bios
> that provides 'legacy' as well as UFEI support. I could also disable UEFI,
> but that wasn't necessary.

Thanks for your answer. The BIOS has the following options:

Boot mode: UEFI / Legacy
In UEFI boot mode: Secure Boot enabled / disabled

In UEFI boot mode Windows 8 able to start. Installing Ubuntu gives
blank screen. Independent from Secure Boot state.

In Legacy boot mode Windows 8 cannot start but everything else,
including installing and using Ubuntu, is working. I did that on empty
disk and not in parallel with Windows 8 and try Legacy mode when
installed Windows 8. The disk has five partition and I do not want to
install Ubuntu in Legacy mode as might kill Windows installation. The
question is there any difference between Legacy and UEFI mode install
in Ubuntu? I mean different partitioning or different files to
install.

Therefore I need UEFI for Windows 8. Unfortunately that makes Ubuntu
installation impossible.

> I looked in the manual for your Acer V5-171 and didn't see any instructions
> about bios settings, so I can't tell if there any such options. There are
> also several bios updates for your Acer V5-171, but in typical Acer fashion
> there is no changelog or any explanation as to what the updates are for.

Documentation is crap for Acer and you are right there is no
changelog. I am using the latest BIOS now.

Bye,
a