Linux on 32 bit UEFI devices .

Opensuse is a wonderful OS for expert and mid tier linux users . But currently it doesn't support 32 bit Uefi booting out of the box . Unlike Ubuntu and debian based distros , we can't just copy a bootia32.efi file and make it bootable on 32 bit uefi. Because we must boot opensuse as a disk image (ISO 9660) otherwise it will fail to to recognize available discs and panic. This makes openSUSE installation media read only thereby making it impossible to add a bootia32.efi which is necessity for booting in 32 bit Uefi environment . This is when already installed Ubuntu helped me . Make sure that you are using DD or Etcher or Suse studio image writer to create the installation media . don't use Rufus !! install 64 bit Opensuse in a 32 bit UEFI device . 1 . After entering into ubuntu's grub command line i was able to use the command configfile to load grub.cfg from openSUSE installation media . From there Opensuse booted Successfully . &nbsp &nbsp configfile you

Below i'm going to show you how to install Ubuntu 21.04 on a 32bit UEFI device (Intel Atom Baytrail,Cherrytrail etc ..) . 1 . manually copy all contents of Ubuntu iso to a fat32 formated usb drive . 2 . Download and copy bootia32.efi from the github repo and copy it to /EFI/BOOT directory of the usb drive . 3 . Make sure that a grub.cfg file is present on the drive . copy it to outside of all directories (copy it to / of the drive) . (you can search the drive for grub.cfg and copy it to / location of the drive ) . 4 . Turnoff fastboot and secureboot , reboot the device and select to boot from the usb drive . Now you can boot into the Ubuntu 21.04 live environment . 5 .Proceed through the installation and don't forget to connect to the internet or else installation will fail # linux #linux 32 bit uefi #Ubuntu 20.04 #Ubutnu 21.04 #32 bit uefi #uefi