Re: Debian installation issues

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 06/09/2017 03:37 PM, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> On 9 June 2017 at 20:59, Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Here is some relevant reading of installing linux system besides Win8 and
> > in some cases the same problem exists on Win 10.
> > https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre-
> > installed-windows-with-uefi
>
>
> ​I read through some of this.  If I understood it correctly, if you buy a
> machine that comes with e.g. Windows 10 installed for you then this secure
> boot feature would make it difficult to boot and install certain Linux
> distributions - but some versions of Ubuntu might be OK apparently.
>
> But if you would buy such a machine, do you not also get the Windows key
> codes for the OS.......?????
>
> If you do, then could you not just back up the work files on the
> installation and then uninstall Windows and reinstall it with the
> secure boot feature turned off and then install the Linux distro
> of your choice?
>
> When I get a new PC I specifically request that it has no operating
> system on it and then install everything from scratch.

I follow a variation on that that suits my personal/idiosyncratic 
preferences for buying used/reconditioned hardware (no need for cutting 
edge) and buying locally rather than online (fewer communication snafus).

I go into the store with a live DVD or flash drive. I began doing this 
to see if a standard install of Debian had appropriate drivers. I found 
a secondary advantage in discovering how straight forward it was to boot 
from something other than the default hard disk. A couple months ago I 
had occasion to go one step further and while and do a full install 
while in the store (odd permutation of hardware and software).
YMMV


> I have not encountered this problem as yet.

I'm not clear to what "this problem" refers.

> Cheers
>
> MF