Can xubuntu dual-boot with Windows 8?

[doug]

On 02/12/2013 10:33 PM, Scott Linnenbringer wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:07 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?
> UEFI makes it difficult, but ubuntu does have experimental support for it
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting
>
> I had a copy of Win7 around so I just downgraded on my Toshiba z930.
> You can go into the BIOS (F12 on Toshiba), turn off "Secure Boot"
> under the Security menu and switch Boot Mode from "UEFI" to "CSM" in
> the advanced menu, and voila you have the normal boot. But no Win 8
> support.
>
Not sure what you mean by "no Win 8 support."  Do you mean you
cannot a) leave Win 8 on the machine and dual boot it, or b) you cannot
install Win 8 unless you have UEFI--I don't think that can be true, or
no machine older than a few months would be able to use it. Or do
you mean c) that MS will not send security updates to W8 unless it
is used on a UEFI machine?  I doubt that also. Be explain.

--doug

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