DUAL-BOOTING WINDOWS 10 AND UBUNTU (on ASUS GL552VX can't install or boot Ubuntu - stuck)




I have ASUS GL552VX laptop, which came with Windows 10 pre-installed. I wanted to install Ubuntu and make it dual bootable. But installing Ubuntu on this device wasn't as trivial as on other devices.
Problem: Every time installation got stuck in between
Then after lot of googling I came to know many people with Asus laptops (GL552VX, G752VY, G751JT...etc.) face this issue while installing Ubuntu. But I also found the slution for it 😊
Step 1. Create bootable USB with Ubuntu ISO
Using Rufus you can create a bootable USB drive. There is very nice and easy Ubuntu tutorial explaining the process step by step.
Step 2. Change some Configuration
I found following suggestions to follow:

  1. Make sure your BIOS is version 211 or later (For me version was already 218)
  2. Change SATA Mode Selection to AHCI (For me it was already AHCI )
  3. Turn-off Fast boot or Fast start up (This I needed to turn off myself)


Step 3. Disable Fast Boot and Secure Boot (or Secure loader)
Step 4. Plug in the bootable USB with the Linux
Step 5. Replace quiet splash to nomodeset  
When you see the loader to "Install Ubuntu" etc ... press "e" and edit a line, Replace quiet splash to nomodeset and press F10 to boot

Step 6. Create Partitions
Create following three partition for installing ubuntu:
  1. Root Partition (/) , EXT4, at least 20GB
  2. Swap Partition (swap) , twice of RAM size
  3. Home Partition (/home), remaining space for personal files
Here is a video explaining the process.
Step 7. After the installation, Reboot and Add nouveau.modeset=0
After the installation is complete, you will have to reboot.  This time you will now encounter the GRUB. Again, press "e" and edit a line. In the line that starts with linux, add nouveau.modeset=0 at the end of that line
Step 8. Install the latest nvidia driver
  1. Add PPA
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
     sudo apt update
  2. Install (and activate) the latest Nvidia graphics drivers
From System Settings or directly from the menu / Dash, open Software & Updates, click on the "Additional Drivers" tab, select the driver you want to use, and click "Apply changes".
After the driver is downloaded and installed, restart your system. That's it..!


Here are some helpful links from which I gathered the information:
  1. DUAL-BOOTING WINDOWS 10 AND UBUNTU 15.10 ON ASUS ROG G752VY (INC. NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVERS
  2. DUAL-BOOTING WINDOWS 8.1 & UBUNTU 14.04 IN G751JT
  3. Ubuntu installation freezes at the start itself [16.04.1]
  4. HOW TO INSTALL THE LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS IN UBUNTU OR LINUX MINT VIA PPA

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