Wish to dual boot

[Dick Dowdell]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Conny Enström <uncurbed at telia.com> wrote:

> 2013-01-21 13:46, squareyes skrev:
>
>  Hi all,
>> just bought an HP g6-2208au laptop,
>> have re-set bios to boot from optical drive first in both
>> uefi and legacy boot order, but machine will not boot from it.
>> Have disabled fast boot in windows.
>> I am tempted to install ubuntu on the complete drive, but am
>> a little afraid that it may not go on. Have installed from the 12.04 disc
>> on other machines so think the Ubuntu dvd is ok.
>>
>> New machine, made recovery disks on it, so drive appears to work.
>> HP forums don't give me any help, and would really like to have
>> a mobile ubuntu 12.04.
>> Any help would be gratefully received. Many thanks in advance
>> Take care
>> Winton
>>
>>  This may help: http://community.linuxmint.**com/tutorial/view/858<http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/858>
>
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Hi,

I've noticed a lot of comment when I've Googled Ubuntu and Win 8/UEFI dual
boot issues.  A very simple, painless, and free solution might be to use
Oracle's VirtualBox to run Ubuntu on your Win8 laptop.

At this moment I'm using a dual boot Win7/Ubuntu 12.04.1 Sony VAIO laptop
with no problems (other than figuring out things like enabling the
backlighting for the keyboard).  I picked up a Win8 laptop at Christmas and
have had no problems using VirtualBox to run Ubuntu 12.10 on it.  I'm going
to wait until the Ubuntu installer has a foolproof Win8 solution before
switching to a true dual boot solution.

Regards,
Dick Dowdell
Home: 508-528-4018  Mobile: 508-498-7919
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