This document describes the process of installing and configuring fedora 24 on a surface 3 using a specially constructed live image. It was then that i realized the need to document the process, in case i ever needed to do this dance again. Preferably a program with a gui that i can install from ubuntu repositories and run myself, but ill go into terminal if i have to. If you want to use it as a laptop, or install alternate operating systems on it, you are free to do so. How to reinstall windows 10 on your surface laptop or. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own. Go to boot configuration and move the usb to the top of the list. Native boot allows you to create a virtual hard disk vhdx, install windows to it, and then boot it up, either on your pc sidebyside with your existing installation, or on a new device. This is a stepbystep guide describing the steps i took to install linux mint 19. Microsoft provides surface customers with recovery images that allow you to reset your surface as if it was just new out of the box. Choose a linux distribution that supports secure boot.
How to download and install a recovery image for your. The free space is for your ubuntu installation enter image description here. This guide will go step by step on how you can install ubuntu 16. Official home of microsoft surface computers, laptops, pcs, 2. I have a healthy efi system partition of another 200mb and then whats left of my c drive around 54gb. May 07, 2020 booting from a usb device doesnt refresh or reset your surface. I have upgraded my surface pro 3 to windows 10 and found that i am very low on storage space. The microsoft or surface logo appears on your screen. Insert the bootable usb drive into the usb port on your surface. So, i got a microsoft surface 4 pro the other day and one of the first things i did was to set up full disk encryption on the main drive. Installing any version if linux on windows surface rt. In just a few minutes you can safely and easily free up gbs of disk space.
Jul 14, 2017 clean install of windows 10 on a surface pro 5th gen 2017 duration. For the most part, things are tested on a surface book 2. Surface will try to boot from any other connected usb devices. Step 4 detach the screen with the surface book off. Also, taking it to the microsoft store wont help since you just chucked your warranty out the window by tamperi. Step 3 before the surface book is fully charged, shut down the surface book. Windows 10 clean install on a surface book microsoft community. This will delete your hard drive and install ubuntu on a freshly formatted hard drive. I also found a bunch of folders hidden in my c drive. Instead, it lets you start your surface using windows or another operating system thats on your usb device. The hardware and software of surface rt is locked, so you are unable to run linux, ubuntu or android os on the tablet unless cracking it.
I installed this new image on the new surface and it works fine but i noticed that a drive partition is missing in explorer but it shows up in the disk management. Is it safe to delete my partitions on my surface pro 3 and. Nov 30, 2016 i received a new surface book after returning a broken one. There is no need to completely disable secure boot plugin the live usb stick and restart, linux bootloader should come up automatically. Installation and setup linuxsurfacelinuxsurface wiki. Surface pro 4 no recognized drives dell hardware spiceworks. Dec 25, 2019 here is the microsoft surface book 2 ubuntu 18. My surface rt was a used tablet and it came with windows 8. System restore, andor defrag before shrinking the c. This platform has many components built in to a single soc, but because it was one of the first platforms to introduce many of these features, linux support for them was severely lacking when the surface 3 was released. I created a recovery drive on another pc then copied the contents of the surface book 2 recovery info to the boot drive and selected to overwrite the current files. Press and hold the volumedown button on the surface. I have a surface book 2 and am having the same issue. Which means you can install linux on the surface devices and even in the latest surface book 2 with the nvidia 10501060.
Install ubuntu boot off the usb drive you created, and before that make sure you have disabled secure boot. Select the windows partition c drive, yellowmarked and shrink volume. Follow the instructions below to install the latest kernel and config files. Dec 09, 2019 on windows 10, the windows subsystem for linux wsl is a feature that creates a lightweight environment that allows you to install and run supported versions of linux such as ubuntu, opensuse. I am looking for the linux equivalent to deep scan and repair a hard disk surface bad sectors. Just curious if anybody has a surface book and was able to upgrade the ssd or memory without too much trouble. Ubuntu is a free and opensource linux debian operating system.
Run ubuntu live from usb pen drive, log in and open terminal. While most things are reportedly fully working on other devices, your mileage may vary. After resetting my surface book, i was able to shrink the already existing partition and create new partitions using the disk management utility. Ill tell you i have a lot of mechanical skill, tech knowhow and patience and i wouldnt attempt. To create one, you must use an external usb drive with enough available space for all your recovery data. For security encrypting new ubuntu installation for security.
I have an old windows surface rt, i believe 2nd generation. The things that were still issues at the time, and what kept the linux experience on the sp4 from being perfect, was wifi locking up once. Windows 10 clean install on a surface book microsoft. Is it possible to install a version of linux on it. Clean install of windows 10 on a surface pro 5th gen 2017 duration.
Also maybe worth noting that nvidia has dropped the m nomenclature from their mobile cards with the 10 series. Nov 17, 2015 how to download and install a recovery image for your microsoft surface device by martin brinkmann on november 17, 2015 in windows 14 comments so, i got a microsoft surface 4 pro the other day and one of the first things i did was to set up full disk encryption on the main drive. What is the best hardcore development laptop running linux, with lots of disk. Yes you can load linux but the newest manjaro and fedora always seem to have the best otb support and bliss is the best if you can get it setup. Unfortunately though, i failed to realize that the encryption software is not compatible with systems that dont use a mbr so that i ended in an endless attempting. Jul 15, 2017 just curious if anybody has a surface book and was able to upgrade the ssd or memory without too much trouble. When the surface logo appears, release the volumedown button. This requires a usb drive, some time, and an internet connection.
How to install windows subsystem for linux wsl on windows. Can i install linux on the new surface book 2, or would. How to boot and install linux on a uefi pc with secure boot. Surface book upgrading ssdmenory solved windows 10 forums. Vmware will offer the raw disk as an option when setting up disk. Also, ubuntu offers three editions desktop, server, cloud, and ubuntu core. After doing this, i still cant boot, or recover, my surface book 2. Surface book 2 surface book ii surface how to install mac os high sierra 10. Official home of microsoft surface computers, laptops, pcs. Install ubuntulinux on surface rt microsoft surface tablet. This is because ubuntus firststage efi boot loader is signed by microsoft. Bear in mind that the empty space you leave will be taken up by your ubuntu install. It was one of the first devices to market using the cherry trail platform from intel. Kubuntu surface book prepare the disk encryption install linux and fix the disk encryption on the.
The free space is for your ubuntu installation starting ubuntu from live usb stick. May 22, 2019 current state of surfaceseries devices. Solved create a surface book recovery boot drive without. Wip secure boot and linux for surface rt windows 8, rt. How to reinstall windows 10 on your surface laptop or surface. It will boot to uefi settings, where you should disable the secure boot feature. If you currently have a windows insider build installed, you may need to first turn off and then turn on secure boot for the usb boot drive to be. Without the kernel linux surface4 aur, there was a bug which causes it to be effectively useless because when a load is put on the nvidia graphics hardware, it immediately and severely.
On windows 10, the windows subsystem for linux wsl is a feature that creates a lightweight environment that allows you to install and run supported versions of. We will explain each and every step to install this linux operating system on your microsoft surface book 2. With secure boot disabled, it is possible to boot and install another os. You are unable to use the gui to create a new partition or drive. The downloaded iso file is to be burned into a usbdvd or flash drive which will be used to boot the computer. The lts kernel can be installed via the lts suffix on the kernel packages e. However you have the option also to install ubuntu on an encrypted partition. I used the same software, disk cryptor, that im using on my desktop pc running windows 10. Shut down your surface and wait about 10 seconds to be sure it is off.
Make sure you have the latest ubuntu operating system downloaded from the official site, if not then download it from the official website. This dell has a wd my book 4tb hooked to it, with 30 or more on it, and the toshiba satellite laptop in the laundry has about 40, on a 1 tb sata hdd. Is microsoft surface book with linux os installed on it better than macbook pro. Step 2 with the surface books screencpu portion and keyboardgpu portion docked together, charge the laptop. Aug 29, 2016 something that sets the surface apart from other popular tablets, is that it doesnt artificially limit your capabilities. Hi there, so i have a windows surface book and need to run linux on it for university, however, im stubborn and dont want to dual boot or only run linux by itself, instead, i have a bootable usb drive that i used to test with linux mint, when formatted with fat32 that worked fine, however i needed a more permanent soultion so i took an old m. Booting from a usb device doesnt refresh or reset your surface. This book contains many real life examples derived from the authors experience as a linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. A kernel which strives to be semipractical for daily use on the surface book, no matter the cost stability included pacman repository. Seems to me that you could install something like rufus, or balenaetcher on the surface, and then use one of those to put a full linux install on the ssd. This flaw allowed the users to install nonredmond approved operating system like linux. After through disk manager, i have found that i have 2 healthy recovery partitions one which takes 360mb and another taking 5,27gb. Jun 28, 2019 microsoft provides surface customers with recovery images that allow you to reset your surface as if it was just new out of the box.
How to boot surface from usb windows 10 fresh install. After rebooting there was still no touchscreen it doesnt matter which kernel i load. Not to worry about this option as this option will ensure the security of your drives. I received a new surface book after returning a broken one. Solved create a surface book recovery boot drive without a. For surface pro, you could try a regular uefi based boot loader or use a virtual machine software in windwos 8. Use one of our binary package repositories for debian, arch or fedorabased distributions which allows for automatic kernel updates via the package manager of your distribution. I think the surface is going to make a great linux laptop, and i look forward to spending some time playing with it. Press and hold the volumeup button on your surface, and, at the same time, press and release the power button. The primary challenge of setting up this system is that a standard install of linux on the surface book 2 doesnt have a traditional linux boot partition. For info about recommended recovery methods, see restore or reset surface. While youre doing this, press and release the power button.
Microsoft has released a security update that has patched a backdoor in windows rt operating system. Creating and using a usb recovery drive for surface. Duplicates unnecessary duplicate files can take up gbs of disk space. After a botched mint installation, i succeeded in my second attempt a day later. Surface 3 not pro installing linux, android or chromeos. Step 1 use the surface book unplugged so the battery is drained to some extent.
Connect the usb drive with debian setup to the usb hub. The surface 3 is a 10inch 2in1 tablet produced by microsoft. Once you can no longer detach the screen, you will realize what a grave mistake you have done. Smart disk cleanup provides a safe and easy way to clean up junk files, duplicates, and large files. Surface restarts and displays the surface logo while the reset process continues. Mount windows efi partition to an empty folder, and mount efi partition of just. There are multiple ways in which you can install and set up the linuxsurface kernel.
Make sure usb storage is on the top of the boot order, or boot directly to usb storage. Follow the instructions below to install the latest kernel. Windows comes with a builtin tool to create a usb recovery drive. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality.
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