I’m trying to install FydeOS on my ThinkPad X270 (Intel i5-7300U), but I’m stuck. I used Balena Etcher to flash the USB (modern version of FydeOS), but when I boot from it, the screen stays black or gives an “EFI terminate” error. Secure Boot is disabled, I tried both UEFI and Legacy modes, and I even created a dedicated FAT32 EFI partition (500MB) and a 20GB EXT4 partition for FydeOS. No matter what I try, the installation either fails or gets stuck on a black screen. My system runs Windows fine in BIOS/Legacy mode.
I attempted installing FydeOS v17 on my ThinkPad X270 (i5-7300U) hoping it would work better than the modern version. I created a 20GB EXT4 partition and a 500MB FAT32 partition. The installer detected only the 20GB, and in EFI drop down menu only “sda” shows but i can’t select it. The installation failed. At the end, it said something like:
installation to "/dev/loop12" complete. please shutdown and reboot
But after rebooting, nothing happens — FydeOS doesn’t boot. I’ve tried all three bootloader options (rEFInd, add UEFI boot option, and manual config) with the same result. Still stuck.