I don't think there are many windows users who monitor this list. This
applies to those who purchased equipment loaded with Win 8. I don't
know for sure, but it probably applies to machines that come with Win 8.1.
I upgraded (?) to Win 8.1 about a month ago. I thought it odd that I
couldn't get my Grub or gummiboot menu when I rebooted, but I thought,
"I can fix it later." Just two days ago, and verified last night and
this morning, that Win 8.1, regardless of what one does to change the
boot order, even installing distros like Ubuntu, et al, who have paid
microsoft for Secure Boot Keys, changes the boot order back to windows
and boots from an internal windows image.
On my HP, I can press F9 at boot time and I get to select all the
entries for booting that I established. But I want to default to the
LFS-Grub menu that I created. I can still get to what I want, but I
can't do it by default, which is my desire.
To avoid this, the solution is not to use Win 8.1.
[whining]
The only reason I use windows at all is for iTunes. I know that I can
make sure that I've backed up all my LFS and Ubuntu partitions--and my
iTunes files--and use the HP recovery set that I made when I bought this
thing. I'll have to repartion the hard drive again, and re-install all
my linux stuff. This seems like a lot to do just for a cell phone and a
tablet, but.....
[/whining]
Bruce, a month or so ago you said that one of your students bought a
lenovo and couldn't disable Secure Boot. I obviously take you at your
word. Now I'm wondering if it wasn't a Win 8.1 thing. I have Secure
Boot disabled in my BIOS settings, but I can't boot anywhere but windows
by default.
I really didn't know last year when I got this laptop that I could build
LFS on a Mac. If I had, that's what I would have gotten and wouldn't be
posting this to the list. Oh well.
Dan
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