Ubuntu on UEFI and Win 8

[william drescher]

On 1/6/2013 6:02 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> Is there a definitive guide to dual booting Ubuntu with Win 8 with (or
> without?) UEFI BIOS?  It seems strange that neither [1] nor [2] make
> any mention of this but a couple of minutes googling suggests it is
> problematic.
>
> [1] http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/install-desktop-latest
> [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
>
> Colin
>

This is not a definitive guide.  I suspect the problem is that 
Win8 does not shut down when it shuts down.  A recent article in 
Windows Secrets told how you can actually get it to shut down and 
then if you do a cold boot you can choose which to boot.
http://windowssecrets.com/