I have a new adorable little laptop, an ASUS VivoBook Flip 12 ($199.99 + Tax). It came with Windows 10S and I switched it to Windows 10 Pro by following Microsoft's instructions. That was easy. But with all the spying going on, I really don't want anything to do with Microsoft anymore...
So I tried installing Linux Mint Cinnamon 19 (v2) over Windows from a Live USB drive, no dual-boot. When I get to the part where I need to select the installation target I don't see any target drive, I only see the bootable USB stick with Mint 19 Live as: /dev/sda SanDisk Ultra (15.6 GB). No other disks appear. When I try to proceed, a pop-up appears in Mint saying: "No root file system is defined."
In Windows the boot disk properties say: Windows, NTFS, Capacity 61.9GB, Used 18.3GB, Free 43.6GB. This is supposed to be a 64GB eMMC drive.
I see the Windows drive OK in the BIOS setup. I can switch booting from Windows 10 Pro to the Mint Live USB drive in BIOS OK. I don't see any options in the BIOS setup to "unlock" the Windows drive. In-fact the BIOS setup says very little about the boot drive and there doesn't seem to be any options or switches that affect it.
Here are the laptop's specifications.
Model: ASUS VivoBook Flip 12
P/N: TP202NA-OB04T
Processor: Intel Celeron Dual-Core N3350
Operating System: Windows 10S (Switchable to 10 Pro)
Chipset: Integrated Intel CPU
Memory: 4 GB Onboard Memory
Display: (1366x768) (16:9) 11.6" HD Glare Touchscreen 60Hz LED backlit with 45% NTSC
Graphics: Integrated Intel HD Graphics
Storage: eMMC 64GB
Keyboard: Chiclet keyboard
Card Reader: Multi-format card reader (SDXC/MMC/SDHC)
WebCam: VGA Web Camera
Networking: Wi-Fi Integrated 802.11 AC
Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth V4.1
Ports: 1xCOMBO audio, 1xUSB 2.0, 1xDC Power, 1xHDMI, 1xUSB 3.1 GEN1, 1xuSD
Audio: Support Windows 10 Cortana, Built-in Stereo 1 W Speakers And Digital Array Microphone
Battery: 2 Cells Polymer 36 Whrs Battery
Power Adapter: 100-240VAC 50/60Hz / 12VDC 24W
Power Plug Type: 4mm Barrel
Dimensions: (WxDxH) 280x200x17.9mm
Weight: 1.27kg
Security: BIOS Booting User Password Protection, fTPM (Firmware-based Trusted Platform Module)
Here I stumble around looking for the boot disk in Linux Mint 19 Live:
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mint@mint:~$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: mint Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.8 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1) Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine: Device: un-determined System: ASUSTeK product: TP202NAS v: 1.0 serial: N/A
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TP202NAS v: 1.0 serial: N/A
UEFI: American Megatrends v: TP202NAS.208 date: 06/05/2018
Battery BAT0: charge: 36.4 Wh 99.0% condition: 36.8/37.0 Wh (99%) model: AS1JSEc3KA TP20239 status: N/A
CPU: Dual core Intel Celeron N3350 (-MCP-) arch: N/A cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 4377
clock speeds: max: 2400 MHz 1: 923 MHz 2: 1092 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Device 5a85 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@62.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 500 (Broxton 2x6)
version: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:0e.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Network: Card: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath10k_pci bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: NA (-)
ID-1: USB /dev/sda model: Ultra size: 15.6GB temp: 0C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.9G used: 169M (9%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info: Processes: 189 Uptime: 9 min Memory: 875.7/3777.0MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56
---[snip]---
mint@mint:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.7 GiB, 1859526656 bytes, 3631888 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 14.5 GiB, 15597568000 bytes, 30464000 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x39f675eb
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 0 3793663 3793664 1.8G 0 Empty
/dev/sda2 3782852 3787523 4672 2.3M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
---[snip]---
mint@mint:~$ sudo lshw -class disk
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Ultra
vendor: SanDisk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
logical name: /cdrom
version: 1.00
serial: 4C530001071128115230
size: 14GiB (15GB)
capabilities: removable
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048 sectorsize=512 state=mounted
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sda
logical name: /cdrom
size: 14GiB (15GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048 signature=39f675eb state=mounted
---[snip]---
mint@mint:~$ lsblk -io NAME,TYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,FSTYPE,MODEL
NAME TYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT FSTYPE MODEL
loop0 loop 1.7G /rofs squashfs
sda disk 14.5G /cdrom iso9660 Ultra
|-sda1 part 1.8G iso9660
`-sda2 part 2.3M vfat
Thanks - David