I am trying to install Sabayon 16.07 KDE on my laptop and nothing seems to work.
I have a Sager Gaming Laptop with an Intel I7-6700HQ and a NVIDIA Geforce GTX970M with 16gb ram.
If it helps, Kernel is 4.6.3
The installed Bios menu is Aptio Setup Utility Version 2.17.1254
I have tried everything from enabling and disabling Secure Boot to enabling and disabling UEFI Boot with Boot option filter UEFI, Legacy and both.
Even tried Network Stack.
I notice it says Secure Boot is not enabled on the Sabayon boot menu even though I have it enabled on the BIOS itself.
I think that might be a factor considering it loads, then takes me to a black screen which doesn't boot.
Sometimes, it will say No Booting Medium is found and just won't boot.

What should I do?

With Secure Boot 'disabled' in the BIOS do you still get the message on the Sabayon boot menu that it's enabled?

How are you trying to install? By a CD or DVD or usb?

https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=UEFI_Boot

-::-IF you have another os on that machine you will have to shrink it's partition for your Sabayon install.-::-

Sabayon uses proprietary drivers by default. Problem with that is that the kernel can set no mode.
So the first time you use the liveCD, you have to select "run in safe mode" from the grub menu.
https://forum.level1techs.com/t/saba...l-issues/53725

Yeah, I still get that same message.
I am using a 64gb Sandisk USB Drive.
I plan on just overwriting the Bodhi portion of the drive considering I rarely used Bodhi.
I want to get rid of Windows 10, however I want to make sure I enjoy Sabayon entirely.

Will look into these steps when I can!

Did you check the integrity of the .iso file?

I've had it loaded on a pc before if that is what you mean.
If you mean something else, lemme know how to check that?
I still have to do the steps.

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No, I mean something else.

Did you check the "md5sum <name of .iso>" in the terminal?

If the signature matches with the signature on the page you downloaded Sabayon than the .iso is safe.
If the signatures don't match, bash will complain.

https://www.lifewire.com/validate-md...m-file-4037391

I am going to do the steps, but I write md5sum Sabayon_Linux_16.07_amd64_KDE.iso and it says No Such Files or Directory.

You have to be in the directory in which Sabayon_Linux_16.07_amd64_KDE.iso is in.

For example: if the .iso image is in your Downloads directory you would cd to that directory and than run the md5 cmd.

It should give you a long signature.

If the md5sum doesn't match, bash does not complain. The md5sum is just different than what it's supposed be.

I installed the ISO on my main desktop.

I will have to download the ISO on Bodhi and do all of those steps?

What will be the fastest way for me to put Sabayon on my laptop with secure boot enabled?

Also, keep in mind I am out of practice when it comes to Linux because its been a long time so I may not get everything easily.

With secure boot enabled you should be able to start the installation and keep going to the end.

However if that is a uefi machine the general practice to to disable the secure boot before installing Linux.

How did you make the usb bootable? Did you use Rufus for Windows or Unetbootin or something else for Linux?

-::-With Linux I use the dd command to make a .iso bootable on a usb stick.-::-

http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/h...d-usb-using-dd

I used UneBOOTIN and Universal USB when I was testing it a couple days prior, but this time, I have the Rufus install of Sabayon on my USB stick.

If I do any work, Would I have to reinstall the Sabayon ISO on my Bodhi partition on my laptop and do it that way?

You should be good with Rufus.

You shouldn't have to reinstall Sabayon unless you can't get it to boot. (might be a Nvidia issue if it won't boot)
Installing the Sabayon ISO on your Bodhi partition will wipe out Bodhi unless you resize it.

If it were my laptop I would use the partition manager that comes with Sabayon and delete the old Bodhi partition and use the free space to perform a fresh install of Sabayon. Than do a fresh install of Bodhi:-

You might want to include a picture of all of the partitions on your machine so we can look at all of the partitions.
For that you can use g-parted and take a screenshot and post it.

Lately all of the md5's that I've checked have been different than what it was supposed to be.
However, in the past (years ago) bash did complain that the signatures didn't match.

What changed?

I have a smaller Bodhi Partition and a Majority windows 10 which I may get rid of.
If this is what you are referring too.

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