Can xubuntu dual-boot with Windows 8?

[JD]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I replaced my wife's failing laptop.  It's a Toshiba with Windows 8.
>
> The BIOS does not seem to like my Ubuntu and Xubuntu DVDs.  It won't
> boot them.  I think it's a new security thing.  This can make it hard
> to set up dual-booting.
>
> I want to get in there with Ubuntu, but I'm clueless about how to proceed.
>
> Pointers, please?
>
Be sure the bios boot order specifies boot from cd/dvd before from internal
disk.
If that is already the case, then are you sure your DVD's
are OK? Have they booted before?
If yes, then I can only think that you are the victim
of the new secure bios that requires a Microsoft signed booter/OS
(something like that).
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