new laptop will not start from USB flash drive

[Joep L. Blom]

On 30/12/13 15:34, Jared Norris wrote:

>
> Hello Joep,
>
> I don't think this is some sort of conspiracy but I do think your
> choice of installation media might be partly responsible. According to
> a very helpful wiki page [1] "Create a LiveDVD or LiveUSB of Ubuntu
> (>=12.04.2) 64bit" it would appear that the standard 12.04 will not
> function with UEFI, it needs to be at least the .2 release. I'm not
> certain if Ubuntu Studio do point releases but if not, that is the
> first problem. The wiki page described has a very informative step by
> step guide so I'd recommend going through that and letting us know at
> what stage you get errors.
>
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
>
> Regards,
>
> Jared Norris
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarednorris
>
Jared & Colin,
Thanks for the reply. The version I downloaded is:
  Ubuntu-Studio 12.04.3 "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64.
I obtained this from the README file.
It contains an EFI directory with a BOOT directory that apparently is 
meant for UEFI systems.
In the autorun it says:
[autorun]
open=wubi.exe
icon=wubi.exe,0
label=Install Ubuntustudio.
For me it indicates it will install it under W8, which is not what I 
want. Eventually I want to install it besides W8 as I for updating my 
TomTom (GPS-system) I need W8 regrettably.
But Jared, I will look at the link you mentioned.
Thanks and other suggestions are wellcome,
Joep