You shouldn't even have to disable secure boot, Ubuntu has paid their $100 or so for a key.
On 20 June 2013 18:01, Toby Corkindale <[email protected] > wrote: > On 20/06/13 14:08, Dan062 wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:00:45 +1000 > > Toby Corkindale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> There's been a bit of discussion on the list in recent months about > >> problems with Windows 8, Secure Boot and Linux. > >> > >> I just thought I'd chip in to say that I've actually found it to be fine > >> -- Ubuntu 13.04 installed really simply, resizing the Windows 8 > >> partition down, and adding itself to the BIOS boot menu. > > > > Do you mind sharing which hardware was that on? > > It's a Lenovo Thinkpad S430. Windows is installed on GPT partitioning > scheme, with EFI BIOS. parted and grub2 seem to handle that OK these days. > > >> I needed to go into the BIOS and disable Secure Boot, but this hasn't > >> prevented Windows 8 from continuing to work fine too. > > > > Are you saying that Windows 8 is running with Secure Boot disabled? > > That is correct. Works just fine. > > Having found the tricks to bypass the Metro Tiles and go straight to > desktop, with chrome, vim, pageant, putty, 7zip and openvpn installed > now, it's fine to use in Windows. I actually quite like using the > corners to access desktops and switch apps, as that's similar to how it > works in Cinnamon in Ubuntu, anyway. > > I can boot into Ubuntu by hitting F12 during boot to get a list of boot > options, and one of them is 'ubuntu'. (I can adjust the default between > windows and ubuntu in the BIOS, under Boot Priority, along with options > like USB keys or net booting) > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main >
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