Windows 8.1 & Ubuntu

[Bob Jonkman]

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Ubuntu-ca member Jeff Smith (CrankyOldBugger) posted on the KWLUG
mailing list some useful information on dual-booting Ubuntu on a
UEFI-encumbered computer:

> I have done both dual boot Ubuntu and Win8 on my laptop, now I run 
> just Ubuntu 13.10.
> 
> I found that if you install Ubuntu (by itself or in a dual boot) on
> a UEFI machine, then the state of the UEFI/Secure boot at the time
> of install must be the same when you're running Ubuntu.  In other
> words, Ubuntu will work regardless of UEFI/Secure boot, but when
> you install Ubuntu it looks at whether or not UEFI is on or off and
> installs the necessary pieces accordingly.  So if you do the
> install with UEFI off, you can't turn it on later, or vice versa.

from
http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/2014-April/011877.html

- --Bob, who wonders if Cranky is on the Ubuntu-ca list...



On 14-04-18 07:50 AM, Tek Ang wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have been on the fence in installing dual boot on my new Windows 
> 8.1 laptop, after I read different online opinions. My laptop is 
> Samsung Ativ book.
> 
> Any thoughts? Issues? Suggestions?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tek Ang rugbeeprop at yahoo.com | tekang at ymail.com 
> http://vizualize.me/TekAng
> 
> 
> 
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