Ubuntu on UEFI and Win 8

[JD]

On 01/06/2013 05:23 AM, william drescher wrote:
> 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/
>
>
If you are using a uefi bios, then the OS must have a Microsoft-issued 
signature
in order for bios to boot it.
I do not know if Linux Distros will cave in and ask Microsoft to bless 
their Linux
kernels with a MS issued signature.
On the Fedora mailing list, this issue was discussed to great lengths,
sometimes with a great amount of acrimony and insults going back and forth.
The thing that I remember one knowledgeable OP mention, is that if you
disable the UEFI in Bios, then you can boot whatever you like, including 
Linux.