<div dir="ltr"><div>I have done it with both Windows 7 and 10. No problems. </div>Ian </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Peter Flynn <<a href="mailto:peter@silmaril.ie" target="_blank">peter@silmaril.ie</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 05/12/15 20:59, Ian wrote: > I have dual-boot with Windows and Xubuntu setup on two of my machines > (one desktop, one laptop) in UEFI mode. It works great. I have also > tried with secure boot enabled and disabled and it doesn't seem to make > much difference. Interesting, thanks. Windows 10? I saw dire warnings against doing exactly that. I might try that, on the basis that if it breaks, nothing of value will be lost :-) ///Peter > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Peter Flynn <<a href="mailto:peter@silmaril.ie">peter@silmaril.ie</a> <div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@silmaril.ie">peter@silmaril.ie</a>>> wrote: > > I have a new Dell XPS 8900 which has had our corporate Windows 10 image > installed. I want to dual boot with Xubuntu 15.10 64-bit which I burnt > to a USB stick with unetbootin (which I have used to install a different > machine, so I know the USB stick works OK). > > The BIOS is unlocked, so when I power up I can hit F12 during the Dell > logo, and enter the boot menu. I pick USB from the Legacy menu, having > seen a lot of sites warning against trying to dual-boot install via the > UEFI menu. > > It's sloooooooooooooooooooow. I eventually get the Ubuntu splash screen, > then the language-selector OK, and after several more minutes I get the > window confirming enough disk space and an Internet connection. I left > "Download updates" UNchecked, but I checked the option to install > third-party drivers. And clicked Continue. > > Then it just sits there. Eventually I gave up and held down the power > button for long enough to cause an interrupt. I got a lot of console > messages showing it trying to do various things with the colord driver > and failing, causing successive failures in other bits an pieces it was > obviously trying to load. > > 1. What is it actually trying to do behind the scenes of a GUI install? > > 2. Is there a way to force it to do an old-style console install? > > 3. Or should I ignore the warning about UEFI (that it won't see the dual > boot nature, and will lose either Windows or Ubuntu or both, and maybe > brick the system)? > > 4. Is it worth it? I can get away without Windows, as I have a Crossover > license so I can run Office on the 2-3 occasions in a year that I > need to. > > 5. Is the colord problem related to screen rez or the fact that it's a > HDMI connection? Is there an updated way to install on these machines? > > ///Peter > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list </div></div>> <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> > > > > -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>