Can xubuntu dual-boot with Windows 8?

[JD]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:19 PM, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I replaced my wife's failing laptop.  It's a Toshiba with Windows 8.
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>> 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.
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>> I want to get in there with Ubuntu, but I'm clueless about how to proceed.
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>> Pointers, please?
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> 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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Forgot to mention to see if you can disable secure boot in the bios.
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