This is it, 32bit/i386 is the solution.
For Linux Mint 18 32 bit, kernel 4.4:
1.
- Change bios to legacy mode
2.
- Install Linux as usual (ex : 1 EXT4 / (104 GB) + 1 Swap (4GB))
(There is no EFI by default)
2.
- Reboot, press F12 and Choose to boot to HDD
- Change grub option with acpi=off
3.
- Download last firmware and last 4.8 kernel packages with another computer :
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_all.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-image-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb
http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.161_all.deb
- Copy them to a usb key, mount it and install them :
dpkg -i linux-firmware_1.161_all.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8.7-040807_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_all.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb
dpkg -i linux-image-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb
4. Reboot