Brian Chabot <br...@datasquire.net> writes: > > UEFI is why I switched to Fedora. It was the only distro at the time that > supported UEFI out of the box, and even then, it was a little clunky.
It's why I switched to buying Linux preinstalled. -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: > > Wouldn't boot to Linux. Well, okay. Let's try Windows 8. Wouldn't > boot to *Windows*. First it tried to do a repair of some sort -- failed > miserably. Then it wouldn't get further than the "Dell" splash screen. > Eventually wound up disabling UEFI secure boot, which allowed it to go > into Windows -- whereupon I gave it back to the by-now very nervous > laptop owner, and let the damn WiFi be. > > Lucky you! > > I bought a new system from Best Buy (I know, I know...) and tried to dual boot > it to Mandriva. Somehow I ended up bricking it. > > Bottom line -- I think we, as Linux weenies, are gonna have to play > with damn UEFI and get a feel for it. Is it uniform across vendors? > > Yes, we will. Right now, I know of no decent boot editor utilities and none > at all that run from within Linux. > > > > Can I always go for the "disable secure boot" option (which would, > presumably, allow me to boot Linux)? > > I think that may be vendor specific and possibly even windows installation > specific. > > At the moment UEFI documentation is junk. Cross platform implementation is > even worse. > > Brian _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
