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Dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on a PC with UEFI hardware

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http://www.linuxbsdos.com – How to dual-boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 and how to dual-boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 on a computer with 2 hard drive provided step-by-step guides on how to setup a dual-boot system with those operating systems. They were based on test installations on computers with BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) firmware. While the tutorials worked for people using computers with BIOS firmware, those using newer computers with UEFI firmware ran into one or more problems. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a replacement for BIOS, and it is very likely that any computer or motherboard you (General)

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How to dual-boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 and how to dual-boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 on a computer with 2 hard drive provided step-by-step guides on how to setup a dual-boot system with those operating systems.

Alternate titles: How to dual-boot Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop and Windows 8 Pro; how to dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10; dual-booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu on a single hard drive (HDD). So, I got a friend to lend me his copy of Windows 8 Pro.

Hey everybody! :)

I've managed to persuade my friend to give Ubuntu a try. He's running Windows 7 on his system. I'm going to tell him to sign up on the Ubuntu Forums, but I'd also like to be able to provide support, if he runs into any problems while attempting to dual-boot. I've suggested that he burn an Ubuntu LiveCD and test it out on his system before going for the installation.

From LinuxBSDos.com.Dual-booting Windows 8 and a Linux distribution in UEFI or EFI-compatible mode can be a very frustrating and unpredictable adventure. You just never know how the system will boot or whether it will even boot at all. I have a computer that I built (assembled) using a motherboard with UEFI firmware. By default, it boots in Legacy mode.

I had recently bought a Dell Inspiron 7520 laptop , Which was pre-loaded with windows 8. I wanted to set up dual boot with Ubuntu 12.10 . I am following issues . Any help will be really appreciated .

1) I was not able to start ubutu 12.10 live CD in UEFI mode. I am not able to find any bios setting to do so . The bios firmware version , thats been loaded with the laptopn is A07.

Secure boot (UEIF) 44 weeks 4 days ago

In three short months windows 8 will be here.that means in three short months we will have to start dealing with secure boot.Although I haven't seen a topic here, I assume that most of you are aware of secure boot.

I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 (or 12.10) with Windows 8 on a new Sony Vaio, but have run into some problems :)

Specifically, my problems seem to come from choosing UEFI or Legacy as the Bootmode in the BIOS.

Here is what I have found so far:

Windows 8 needs to boot using UEFI, and doesn't work in Legacy mode Ubuntu (both 12.04 and 12.10) needs to boot using Legacy, and won't boot (at l

msl wrote:tpowa wrote:You try uefi boot or normal bios boot?I work on a new release, when initscripts are fine i'll push a new image to the servers.Hello.I tried this with uefi. I can change it in the BIOS so I'm going to try normal bios boot now.Edit: I got the installer working with normal bios. What's best from uefi or normal?

Samsung UEFI dual boot 12 weeks 2 days ago

Thanks, I have booted Linux mint live without bricking but it was via bios. Arch errors out so bad I can't even get to grub on the disc http://imgur.com/VYU7GPf  sorry for the bad quality, quick snap, not focused... So what you guys are saying is that I would have to some how convert win8 to bios then dual boot traditionally.. I read that UEFI allows you to boot multiboot to both.