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Ugh. I read this and cry inside. Perfectly brilliant idea that I didn't even think of. Why? I just purchased a new ultra book burdened by Windows 8 pre-install
by wheaties 14y ago
Ugh. I read this and cry inside. Perfectly brilliant idea that I didn't even think of.
Why? I just purchased a new ultra book burdened by Windows 8 pre-installed. If I switch to the legacy BIOS the machine won't boot up, period. The only way to get the machine to work is through Windows 8. No installing Linux, no changing firmware, no nothing. Wonderful little box that's magnificently useless for systems level programming...
- crayola 14y agoWhat machine is this? Do you know if other models of new windows 8 ultrabooks & tablets are affected, or is it just that one?
- zokier 14y agoWhy would you switch to legacy BIOS mode? Linux support UEFI just fine afaik.
- wheaties 14y agoWhich ones? I've tried Ubuntu and Mint but not Fedora. I tried googling it but all I ended up with was a several pages of articles talking about UEFI and the secure boot without a single link TO a Linux that did it. I'm dying to know 'cause I can't stand another minute on Windows 8.
- zokier 14y agoI haven't actually tried Arch on UEFI, but their wiki page seems fairly extensive on the topic. Ubuntu documentation also shows UEFI support, but their documentation is bit vague. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firm... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI_Bootloaders https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI_Bootloaders Of course I wouldn't be terribly surprised if your UEFI has some bug that prevents Linux from booting.
- saljam 14y agoWhat zokier said. Unless it's some form of this bug: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/20187.html http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/20187.html