Thanks for the helpful responses. The computer is not mine, so wiping Windows is a non-starter. I'm in Edmonton most of the time now, but might be around this weekend.
On Mon, May 27, 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 Reply (Josh G) > 2. Re: Mint Dual-Boot Reply (Terrell Larson) > 3. Re: Mint dual boot on UEFI machine? (Gustin Johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 13:23:28 -0600 > From: Josh G <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [clug-talk] Mint Dual-Boot Reply > Message-ID: > < > caekwvqb3nu0w1tozdzg-ezm6fw9obqu18sso-63awtpyds_...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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 > > ****************************************** > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20130526/0b923304/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 14:40:45 -0600 > From: Terrell Larson <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Mint Dual-Boot Reply > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 16:03:49 -0600 > From: Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Mint dual boot on UEFI machine? > Message-ID: > <CAPM= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > My laptop dual boots Windows 8 and Ubuntu (I had Windows 7 previously so I > know that this can also work with that OS). > > I have GRUB as the boot manager, and Window 8 is just another entry in my > Grub menu. > > The bad news is that I installed Windows *after* I already had Linux on my > laptop andI had set UEFI to boot in Legacy mode first, which then runs > Grub. I also had to disable the secure boot option. In my case it was > made easier because I have 3 SSDs in my laptop, I could give each OS it's > own dedicated drive, with a data drive (sort of shared, I can read ext4 > from windows but writing I don't trust). When installing Windows, you have > to set that disk as the primary boot device in the UEFI interface (or BIOS > on an older machine). Once installed you can make your Linux disk the boot > device and then use grub (it should autodetect and add the Windows > instance) to boot them both. > > I am pretty sure that Grub and Linux can boot from UEFI, but I have never > had to actually try this. There is some ubuntu documentation here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI > So this might help to get you started with Mint. > > I am not a big fan of dual booting, especially on a single hard drive. I > have found that people who "need" Windows rarely if ever bother to reboot > into Linux (or any other OS for that matter), so having the dual boot > configuration is usually just adding needless complexity IMO. Generally > Virtualbox usually meets the needs of someone who wants to use the other OS > without the hassle of maintaining a dual boot configuration. > > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Geekus Villagius > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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? 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