On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 11:13:55AM -0000, montini wrote: > what are the actual benefits of booting UEFI way? Is it faster booting > or what? Maybe the instant-on feature I now expirience on Win8?
Well, UEFI should boot faster than BIOS, yes. It is also, as you say, the only way to boot the Windows 8 install, so you need this if you want dual booting. > 4. select install, and partition drives like I used to - separate "/", > "home" and swap partitions (by the way - is it possible to install "/" into > SSD part of the disk - how does that affect win8 - does it use it?) Sorry, I don't know anything about the disk layout of the machine in question. You'd have to see what options the Ubuntu partitioner gives you. > 5. after successful installation - sudo apt-get update and upgrade > 6. reboot, set the machine into "UEFI and CMS" mode? (what did you mean by > "Once you have Ubuntu installed in CMS mode, it will be safe to dual boot") > Because now when I set "CMS mode" - the win8 is not found/ does not bootup. > Or will grub2 loader somehow find the win8 and put it into grub menu, and I > am doomed to always boot in "CMS" mode as any atempt to switch BIOS to UEFI > would result in a brick? No! You *must* install Colin King's test kernel package, an apt-get update && upgrade is *not* sufficient. Rebooting to UEFI mode without first installing the test kernel is VERY dangerous. > > By the way - I have upgraded the firmware BIOS to P05ABH (BIOS version > and MICOM version). Is it reported to have the same bug, no patch yet? Samsung has prepared a test patch internally which is not yet ready for rollout to users. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
