I'm going to be building some machines in the next short while. I tried with Ubuntu and I'm not impressed. My next try will be Debian and I'm familiar with this since I'e been running it since about 1998.
I have a couple new boots. Is there interest in an install fest? On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 01:23:28PM -0600, Josh G wrote: > 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 > > ****************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
