[olug] Secure Boot / UEFI dual boot

Tue Jan 7 00:54:58 UTC 2014

Sorry everyone,  that was supposed to be i am now running Windows 7 on a
VM.

I have found a solution for 97 percent of all I need to do inside Linux.
The vm handles all my annoying windows based clients for VMware, Xen, etc.

Laptop is an i3 with 8GB RAM. Running Ubuntu studio. All hardware is
natively supported. My, how times have changed! Samsung ssd replacement
drive is amazing. Boots in 7 seconds!

It was almost impossible to remove windows 8 and I will never run it again.
I don't care if it is 30 dollars.
On Jan 6, 2014 4:27 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:

> shoot, it took me 5 hours to get windows 8 off my laptop. I couldnt hit
> escape fast enough on my asus to bring up the boot menu, I am not running
> straight linux with windows 7 in virtualbox.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Hurley, Rod <RHurley at tenaska.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, so I literally laughed out loud on this one.  How do you do ANYTHING
>> to a computer without horking Windows?
>>
>> I have done this once, with Ubuntu and Windows 8.0.  Worked ok.  Here's
>> some info I used to help out:
>>
>> Choose a Linux Distribution That Supports Secure Boot: Modern versions of
>> Ubuntu - starting with Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and 12.10 - will boot and install
>> normally on most PCs with Secure Boot enabled. This is because Ubuntu's
>> first-stage EFI boot loader is signed by Microsoft. However, a Ubuntu
>> developer notes that Ubuntu's boot loader isn't signed with a key that's
>> required by Microsoft's certification process, but simply a key Microsoft
>> says is "recommended." This means that Ubuntu may not boot on all UEFI PCs.
>> Users may have to disable Secure Boot to use Ubuntu on some PCs.
>>
>> Disable Secure Boot: Secure Boot can be disabled, which will exchange its
>> security benefits for the ability to have your PC boot anything, just as
>> older PCs with the traditional BIOS do. This is also necessary if you want
>> to install an older version of Windows that wasn't developed with Secure
>> Boot in mind, such as Windows 7.  Press and hold the shift key as you click
>> restart on Windows and it will open the advanced boot options screen.  Then
>> click Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > UEFI Settings.  (Some computers do
>> NOT offer UEFI settings, not sure which ones really, just depends.  Samsung
>> PC owners DO NOT try booting Linux, it will "partial" brick your pc.)
>>
>> Add a Signing Key to the UEFI Firmware: Some Linux distributions may sign
>> their boot loaders with their own key, which you can add to your UEFI
>> firmware. This doesn't seem to be a common at the moment.
>>
>> Rod
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
>> Adam Haeder
>> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:09 PM
>> To: Omaha Linux User Group
>> Subject: Re: [olug] Fwd: Posting to the OLUG
>>
>> I think this would be a great topic. I'd be particularly interested in
>> this
>> scenario: you just bought a brand new HP (or whatever) PC from NFM, and
>> it comes with Win 8.1, EFI and SecureBoot. How to you successfully
>> repartition and install Linux in a dual boot scenario without horking
>> Windows?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Kevin Lane <krlane at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > A presentation on EFI/UEFI is a good suggestion, and I'dbe willing to
>> > give it if the group would like.
>> > Really, EFI/UEFI is not so much an issue, as most of the majorLinux
>> > distributions have supported it for a while now.The MAJOR obstacle is
>> > "Secure Boot" and how it is implemented.IF you can turn it off (Secure
>> > Boot) in your machines BIOS (UEFI), thendo so, and you should not have
>> > any problems installing Linux and Windowsalong side each other.Getting
>> > Linux to work with Secure Boot is the pain point, and that wouldbe the
>> > majority of a presentation on Linux and EFI/UEFI.
>> > Kevin
>> >
>> > > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 07:19:13 -0600
>> > > From: roberson at bstc.net
>> > > To: olug at olug.org
>> > > Subject: [olug] Fwd: Posting to the OLUG
>> > >
>> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > > From: DeUndre' Rushon <djrushon at gmail.com>
>> > > Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:50 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: Posting to the OLUG
>> > > To: Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I was just trying to install Ubuntu 13.10 with Windows 8.1 which
>> > > includes the EFI boot partition.  I do not have any experience with
>> > > the EFI
>> > option.
>> > >  Just curious if someone in the group probably has done a
>> > > presentation or implement the dual-booting.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I don't recall any.. And there has been a lot of changes lately
>> > especially
>> > > > regarding EFI/UEFI boot options, and the needed grub (boot loader)
>> > options
>> > > > for "secure boot"
>> > > >
>> > > > Any event, a great question for the list!
>> > > >
>> > > > Did you have a specific question we could help with?
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Jan 5, 2014, at 2:03 PM, "DeUndre' Rushon" <djrushon at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Greetings Brian:
>> > > >
>> > > > Has there been any seminars or meetings on proper Linux
>> > > > installation
>> > and
>> > > > partitioning schemes for dual booting within the OLUG?
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Brian Roberson
>> > > > <roberson at bstc.net>
>> > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > http://www.olug.org/faqs/now-that-i-am-signed-up-how-do-send-a-message
>> > ask-a-question/
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
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>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Dec 30, 2013, at 7:03 PM, "DeUndre' Rushon"
>> > > >> <djrushon at gmail.com>
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I'm new to the group.  What is the process to post inquiries to
>> > members
>> > > >> of OLUG?
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
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