-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 14/02/13 17:57, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >> Hi, >> >> An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical >> reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and >> tried to install Ubuntu direct from the website, despite my >> detailed explanations and warnings about this. She now has no >> Windows 8 and no Ubuntu, just a GRUB screen telling her that >> Ubuntu can't boot because "Secure Boot" in the UEFI won't let it. >> It would be interesting to know whether the installation direct >> from the website would have worked if she had switched off >> "Secure Boot" first, as I told her she had to do. The apparent >> consensus is that it wouldn't: that only the USB stick method >> will work. There's no way into the UEFI from where she is, is >> there? > > Before anyone says, "Can't she get into it by pressing F2 during > start-up?", the answer is no: > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-access-the-bios-on-a-windows-8-computer/ > > > > 64bit quantal + at that
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