I just went through this recently. Here is my experience: I was using Fedora on an Asus Zenbook with Win8/UEFI, but due to Fedora's kernel-of-the-week policy causing problems with VMWare Workstation, I decided to try Ubuntu. Fedora installed with no problems. Ubuntu would not even boot off the CD. What I eventually learned was that Fedora/Arch/OpenSuse (among others) use a hack to get around UEFI secure boot. Ubuntu either doesn't use this hack or doesn't have it implemented well. Fortunately the Zenbook has an option to disable secure boot, but of course this breaks Windows 8. Apparently if you disable secure boot (but leave UEFI enabled), run the Windows boot repair utility, then install Ubuntu it works on *some* systems. Manually renaming the Windows UEFI file to its original name apparently brings Windows back to life on systems where Windows stopped booting after a linux install.
Anand. On 2013-05-27, at 1:42 PM, Geekus Villagius <[email protected]> wrote: > 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=hj4ky_rtean3_abkdn-7cgxpxx+gfbteesgb1wyizpd...@mail.gmail.com> > 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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