On 06/02/13 12:47, fred james wrote: > Thank you for your help ... the Acer problem resolved when the box died, and > was retruned to the retailer. > > I got an HP Privilion (W8 again) and faced the same problem, but I applies > some things you suggested and found the final answer here ... > <http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03659945&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5360082&tmp_track_link=ot_search> > ... wherein it is (sort of) explained how to get the CD/DVD to boot. I say > sort of because it isn't a perfect world, eh? But we got there, and that is > the main point.
This sounds a bit like the problem described by Matthew Garrett in a recent blog entry. "Secure Boot isn't the only problem facing Linux on Windows 8 hardware" http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/24869.html galen -- Galen Seitz [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
