Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Ubuntu In Live Mode
On 7 February 2013 11:08, Dave Morley wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/02/13 10:43, Nigel Verity wrote: >> Hi >> >> Having got my fingers burnt a couple of times in the past, I now >> never install a new version of Ubuntu, or any other distro, without >> running it first as a live CD or, more recently, from a USB stick. >> >> It seems fairly inevitable that my next laptop will have UEFI >> embodied. Does anybody know how this affects the running of Linux >> in "live" mode? Is it simply that if the distro has been designed >> to cope with UEFI, its live mode will work (and vice versa), or is >> there more to it than that? >> >> Thanks >> >> Nige >> >> > You will need 12.10 on and the 64bit version is recommended. Other > than that there are a couple of things you will need to know. > > CD/DVD is more reliable than USB key you can set the cd/dvd drive to > boot first and it will I thought I had read that, at least on some machines, only USB would work with UEFI. Also it /must/ be the 64 bit version of ubuntu 12.10. Colin > > Uefi has an annoying habit of trying to speed up the boot process this > means it does a quick scan on boot for a UEFI boot device and > preferably a secure boot instance and continues to boot from it > sometimes before the power has been provided to the usb key so it will > skip it all together. > > Once you boot from where ever it will work as normal. You get the > install or run live option and away you go. > > - -- > You make it, I'll break it! > > I love my job :) > http://www.ubuntu.com > http://www.canonical.com > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlETizcACgkQT5xqyT+h3OhQ/ACgnIdH9lX6gwjq/bIDn5gDP61M > 43oAn2kDxWDjv+hfUdOq5dgXDY+c2mJ4 > =i/tF > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Ubuntu In Live Mode
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/02/13 10:43, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi > > Having got my fingers burnt a couple of times in the past, I now > never install a new version of Ubuntu, or any other distro, without > running it first as a live CD or, more recently, from a USB stick. > > It seems fairly inevitable that my next laptop will have UEFI > embodied. Does anybody know how this affects the running of Linux > in "live" mode? Is it simply that if the distro has been designed > to cope with UEFI, its live mode will work (and vice versa), or is > there more to it than that? > > Thanks > > Nige > > You will need 12.10 on and the 64bit version is recommended. Other than that there are a couple of things you will need to know. CD/DVD is more reliable than USB key you can set the cd/dvd drive to boot first and it will Uefi has an annoying habit of trying to speed up the boot process this means it does a quick scan on boot for a UEFI boot device and preferably a secure boot instance and continues to boot from it sometimes before the power has been provided to the usb key so it will skip it all together. Once you boot from where ever it will work as normal. You get the install or run live option and away you go. - -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.canonical.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlETizcACgkQT5xqyT+h3OhQ/ACgnIdH9lX6gwjq/bIDn5gDP61M 43oAn2kDxWDjv+hfUdOq5dgXDY+c2mJ4 =i/tF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Running Ubuntu In Live Mode
Hi Having got my fingers burnt a couple of times in the past, I now never install a new version of Ubuntu, or any other distro, without running it first as a live CD or, more recently, from a USB stick. It seems fairly inevitable that my next laptop will have UEFI embodied. Does anybody know how this affects the running of Linux in "live" mode? Is it simply that if the distro has been designed to cope with UEFI, its live mode will work (and vice versa), or is there more to it than that? Thanks Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
