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.
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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.
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> On the long weekend, I tried to run Linux Mint 14 on laptop (not
mine) from
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into the
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> 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.
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> Any suggestions for creating a successful dual-boot setup? Can
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> Windoze 7 be enabled after by some minor Grub magic, or would
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> distro with a UEFI key be an available option?
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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?
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> 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. :/
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> Please let me know how that works out for you.
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> > On the long weekend, I tried to run Linux Mint 14 on laptop
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> > '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.
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> > Any suggestions for creating a successful dual-boot setup? Can
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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
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> 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?
>
>
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