Ubuntu on a Toshiba Satellite

[Jim Byrnes]

On 10/14/2013 04:29 PM, chris wrote:
> On 15/10/13 08:24, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> On 10/14/2013 01:02 PM, chris wrote:
>>> On 15/10/13 05:56, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>>> On 10/14/2013 11:27 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>>> On 14 October 2013 17:07, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Liam, in another thread you mentioned that you had a Toshiba
>>>>>> Satellite Pro.
>>>>>> Does it have Secure boot and EFI?  I am curious as I just had to
>>>>>> return a
>>>>>> Toshiba Satellite because I could not get Ubuntu to install and run
>>>>>> on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> No, I'm afraid not. It's a P300-1AY - a circa 2008 Core 2 Duo machine
>>>>> with a conventional BIOS.
>>>>>
>>>>> AIUI, SecureBoot is only found in association with UEFI, on x86-64
>>>>> PCs, and it's a requirement for MS to confer the precious "Compatible
>>>>> with Windows 8" status. It should be possible to disable it in the
>>>>> firmware setup, though, which is sadly not possible with ARM hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, and again AIUI, only 64-bit Linux can cope with it. 32-bit
>>>>> versions will not install (possibly not even boot).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK, thanks for the reply.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,  Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Jim, I am running 13.10 on my Toshiba Satellite pro.
>>> I had to turn of Secure boot, and efi, then installed win7, and 13.10.
>>> as a dual boot system.
>>> Running fine with no problems.
>>> The win 7 drivers are on the Toshiba web site.
>>> Regards Chris
>>>
>>
>> Chris, thanks.
>>
>> I had nothing but trouble.  I turned off Secure boot and tried with
>> efi disabled and enabled.  I actually had it installed once but I had
>> no networking and Libre Office would not run. I accepted an update
>> hoping that it would fix my problem but after that it would not boot.
>> I tried to reinstall and ended up I messed up Win 8 so bad I could not
>> fix it. Then I wiped the disk and just tried to install 13.10.
>>
>> First I tried with efi enabled.  The live DVD booted up but the
>> installer would not run.  So I tried to install directly (no live DVD)
>> and that worked but I had no networking.  I tried turning off efi and
>> using csm ( I think it was caled). It would not boot.  No matter how I
>> tweaked the boot order I would get black screen where it mention dchp
>> and pxe, which I guess is trying to boot off a lan?I finally got to
>> the point  where I only had a couple of days left to return the
>> machine so I gave up.
>>
>> I tried to follow the various how tos on the web, including a couple
>> recommended but no luck.  All of them assumed that Win 8 was up and
>> running, but the first time I tried I did not setup Win8, maybe that
>> effected the out come.  Reading of your success I am tempted to
>> repurchase it and try again.
>>
>> Regards,  Jim
>>
>>
> Can I sell you mine?  One thing is that every thing seemed to work under
> xubuntu, including the function keys.
>
>

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Regards, Jim