You might find success with the first paragraph outlined here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
Being a tad bit anti-windows, I usually just wipe it and go straight for Mint or Debian, so I have no practical experience in the matter. :/ Please let me know how that works out for you. On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Mint dual boot on UEFI machine? (Geekus Villagius) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 15:17:19 -0600 > From: Geekus Villagius <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [clug-talk] Mint dual boot on UEFI machine? > Message-ID: > < > cadz-tmklhepwxbp4wnm-e0dyouxccnssm8lpufm_zqc7gus...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On the long weekend, I tried to run Linux Mint 14 on laptop (not mine) from > a live CD. I met with success after several attempts to get into the > 'BIOS' and then switching from UEFI to legacy BIOS. > Mint runs well on the system. > Windows (which the laptop owner needs for now) will not run unless the > system has UEFI boot enabled. In legacy mode there is an "Operating System > not found" error. > > Any suggestions for creating a successful dual-boot setup? Can booting > Windoze 7 be enabled after by some minor Grub magic, or would another > distro with a UEFI key be an available option? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20130525/a669fc80/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > ------------------------------ > > End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 102, Issue 14 > ****************************************** >
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