[ubuntu-uk] Bizarre occurrence when attempting to install Ubuntu

Wed Nov 19 20:47:57 UTC 2014

On 19 November 2014 13:12, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gordonbp at mail.com> wrote:
> I’ve just purchased an Acer Aspire E3 that came with Windows 8.1 with Bing.

I presume that the machine has UEFI firmware, not a BIOS?

My suggestion...

Have you gone into the firmware setup and disabled SecureBoot?

Do so, ensure that Windows still boots, and /then/ try installing Ubuntu.

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