PCIe Bus Errors, Live USB, Can't Use Grub, Dual-Boot with Windows 10

rilvin2

Hello,
I'm really excited to try Solus out. I am unsatisfied with Windows 10, and I think that Solus would be a good option for me to use on a daily basis. However, I am having a lot of difficulty getting Solus (Budgie) installed. I have made a live USB using the official ISO file and Rufus. When I try to boot from this USB, I am sent to a menu with an option to boot into Solus, or return to firmware settings. When I attempt to boot into Solus, the screen immediately turns black and floods with PCIe errors:

1.871984] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: [12] Timeout 1.872523] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Reciever ID) 1.873899] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: device [8086:a110] error status/mask=00000001/00002000 1.874587] piceport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: [ 0] RxErr 1.875603] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: [ 0] Rollover 1.879305] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: [12] Timeout 1.880075] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=corrected type=Data Link Layer,

I was told on another forum that I could simply append the kernel parameters using Grub, but I am unable to use Grub because (or I just don't know how to get to it). I have tried recreating the live USB several times, and every time I get the same set of errors. Is there any way that I can append the kernel parameters on the live USB on Windows 10? Any help or solutions would be greatly appreciated.

System Specifications:
-Device: ASUS UX550VE
-CPU: i7 7700HQ
-Chipset: HM175 Express
-GPU: GTX 1050M
-SSD: 970 EVO M.2

BIOS Settings:
-Secure Boot: Disabled
-CSM: Disabled
-Fastboot: Disabled

brent

If you followed the instructions for live usb creation (https://getsol.us/articles/installation/preparing-to-install/en/) then you should be good.
Also: is this is simple as boot order in Bios?
I've never seen live usb errors like this before.
Are you trying to install on a partition on your windows drive? becasue windows will play dirty.
Or are you trying to put solus on some other drive?
In other words, what drive are trying to install this to? That would be a place to start maybe.

inkbug

The errors you listed don't look familiar to me, but I can share some insights from my setting up of Windows 10 / Solus dual boot:

First of all, you have to make sure whether we are dealing with BIOS or UEFI: To the best of my knowledge, UEFI installations of Solus do not use GRUB at all - I'm not sure about the BIOS version. Considering that you mentioned Windows 10, SecureBoot and FastBoot, I assume your system is UEFI. The preperation fo the Live USB for BIOS and for UEFI are slightly different, but using the wrong one will prevent the installation. The different setup methods are covered in the Help Center.
For Dual Boot, you have two main approaches: The two Operating systems can use the same boot partition (regardless of where the rest of the OS is installed) or they can be completely separated (on different physical drives).
Separating the OSs to two drives means you'll have to use the boot menu to switch between the two, but it is simpler to set up - just disconnect the Windows drive while installing Solus, and vice-versa.
The second method is more complicated, because Windows will limit the computer's EFI (boot) partition size to something like 100MB (I can't recall the exact size at the moment), which will cause Solus' boot-manager to run out of space after each system-update. There's a guide for managing this kind of installation, while making sure the boot partition is large enough for both OSs.
See if this discussion helps you:
https://discuss.getsol.us/d/1229-installation-beside-windows/3

Good luck