Brian: Thanks for your response. In my experience, you are right on as to install Windows first.
The situation is that my brother bought a new laptop with Windows 8.1. He used to have a laptop (that was stolen a few days ago) that I had set up dual boot for him. That machine was a legacy (non EUFI) machine. I have tried several times and different combinations with this new machine, EUFI enabled and then disabled, using some directions I googled up. Each time after an install, the machine boots right into Windows with no option to select another OS. I was hoping someone with this experience and knowledge would be at the clinic this Sunday. Wayne On 05/15/2015 12:22 PM, Brian Martin wrote: > On 05/15/2015 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Not having any luck making a dual boot system. Tried it with UEFI / >> secure boot enabled and disabled. Has anybody else has success with this? > I haven't tried that particular combination, but I've certainly had a > number of dual-boot (or tri-boot) systems that include Windows and > Linux. The key usually is to install the Windows system first, then add > the Linux system. All the Linux distros I've used know how to include > the existing Windows system as a menu option in their boot loaders, > whereas Windows will just tromp over and existing Linux installation > without making any accommodations for it. > > -Brian > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Sent from my Linux Computer _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
