On Thu, 13 Dec 2012, Sam Varghese wrote: > No. A Linux distro that can boot on a PC/laptop that has secure boot enabled > would necessarily have obtained a key from Microsoft. That would enable it to > boot. Note that I said "you cannot install..." You can very definitely boot > Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit on a PC/laptop on which secure boot is enabled.
Thanks for clarifying. I really confused "cannot install" with "cannot boot". > I suspect that the inability of Ubuntu to recognise the single hard drive as > having an operating system loaded (see the screenshot in my article) is > due to the new filesystem which is implemented in some versions of Windows 8. > It's called REFS. Ubunu (and other distros) can recognise NTFS. AFAIK ReFS is only available for Windows Server 2012, as http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848060%28v=vs.85%29.aspx and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2012#ReFS suggest. It is also not mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8 I wonder whether you can boot from CD and mount it under Linux.. >> BTW: Can you still boot the Windows 8 installed with secure boot? > > OTOH> If you're asking whether I can boot Win 8 after installing Ubuntu on a > second > hard drive, the answer is yes. It boot by default. To get into Ubuntu you have > to jump through a few hoops, all of which I have described in the article. That was the question I had in mind. Anyway, at the end it may even weaken the Intel/Microsoft alliance further, and for Linux enthusiasts one more reason to avoid the Microsoft tax;-) Thanks for your article and answers Peter _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
