Re: Re: Re: Building computer
On 13Sep27:2054+0530, Balamurugan wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 04:08 PM, David L. Craig wrote:
> >Your fact is not. I installed Debian Sid on a G500 a few
> >months ago and it dual-boots with Win8. The trick is to
> >use the smaller alternative power button to the right of
> >the large power button, which ignores Legacy. Perhaps
> >other Lenovo laptops are not so equipped but the G500 is.
> Hi David,
>
> Till last month, I have installed close to 10 installations of
> GNU/Linux OS as dual boot with Windows OS(XP and Windows 7). This
> particular Lenova Laptop which had Windows 8 installed in UEFI mode
> had issues in installing Ubuntu. When I try to insert the Ubuntu
> (12.04 LTS) in USB boot stick, it is not even recognizing the OS.
> The machine detects Ubuntu only when I turned off UEFI to Legacy
> mode.
> In the same time, I purchased my own laptop (Dell vostro 2420) which
> was pre-installed with Ubuntu. When I checked that, it was turned to
> Legacy boot by default. Also as per the technical journals I read,
> GNU/Linux don't have their own UEFI authorizing keys. Can you please
> correct me with some more details, If I am wrong.
I am at a disadvantage because I relinquished the laptop about
a month ago to be returned to Lenovo for warranty repair and
the memory is somewhat dim. The BIOS was configured for Legacy
boot. I enabled USB booting in the BIOS as needed and kept it
normally unenabled. I installed Linux Mint XFCE into a hard
drive partition. I discovered the main power button will always
boot up Win8 in UEFI mode but the smaller power buttona, designed
for the Lenovo One-Key recovery facility, brings up a boot menu
that includes the hard drive partitions and USB drives if such are
configured as bootable. I hope this is helpful.
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