I have dual-boot with Windows and Xubuntu setup on two of my machines (one desktop, one laptop) in UEFI mode. It works great. I have also tried with secure boot enabled and disabled and it doesn't seem to make much difference.
Ian On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a new Dell XPS 8900 which has had our corporate Windows 10 image > installed. I want to dual boot with Xubuntu 15.10 64-bit which I burnt > to a USB stick with unetbootin (which I have used to install a different > machine, so I know the USB stick works OK). > > The BIOS is unlocked, so when I power up I can hit F12 during the Dell > logo, and enter the boot menu. I pick USB from the Legacy menu, having > seen a lot of sites warning against trying to dual-boot install via the > UEFI menu. > > It's sloooooooooooooooooooow. I eventually get the Ubuntu splash screen, > then the language-selector OK, and after several more minutes I get the > window confirming enough disk space and an Internet connection. I left > "Download updates" UNchecked, but I checked the option to install > third-party drivers. And clicked Continue. > > Then it just sits there. Eventually I gave up and held down the power > button for long enough to cause an interrupt. I got a lot of console > messages showing it trying to do various things with the colord driver > and failing, causing successive failures in other bits an pieces it was > obviously trying to load. > > 1. What is it actually trying to do behind the scenes of a GUI install? > > 2. Is there a way to force it to do an old-style console install? > > 3. Or should I ignore the warning about UEFI (that it won't see the dual > boot nature, and will lose either Windows or Ubuntu or both, and maybe > brick the system)? > > 4. Is it worth it? I can get away without Windows, as I have a Crossover > license so I can run Office on the 2-3 occasions in a year that I need to. > > 5. Is the colord problem related to screen rez or the fact that it's a > HDMI connection? Is there an updated way to install on these machines? > > ///Peter > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users >
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