> On 17 Nov 2014, at 9:00 am, [email protected] wrote: > >> I’ve booted ubuntu, suse and arch on the atom, i3 and i5 versions. It’s easy >> but fiddly … >> >> First start with a blank disk. I dd if=/dev/zero because the efi partition >> is a >> bitch. I *have* dualbooted Win7 and linux but it is really not easy (I do >> the same >> install multiple times, it sometimes works) >> I’ve read, but not tried, that you must install from mem stick, cd rom will >> not work. > > The install wasn't really the problem (once I got a version of Linux > and the BIOS updated) - just cloning it. > > I think it came down to the UEFI stuff not liking being cloned.
I have dd’d A disk in and out succesfully but even 2 samsung 120G flash disks are not identical and dd did not work. The whole EFI business is tricky, try lots to get a solution or don’t be innovative. The EFI scheme is not the same across motherboards - my iMac, ASUS and NUCs all are different and need different care. caveat emptor. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
