I have done it with both Windows 7 and 10. No problems. Ian
On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/12/15 20:59, Ian wrote: > > 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. > > Interesting, thanks. Windows 10? I saw dire warnings against doing > exactly that. > > I might try that, on the basis that if it breaks, nothing of value will > be lost :-) > > ///Peter > > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Peter Flynn <[email protected] > > <mailto:[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] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > > > > > > > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users >
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