<div dir="ltr">Not that I don't like a good Bill Gates pile-on but he has had nothing to do with Microsoft (other than taking a paycheck) for nearly 10 years. UEFI was created by Intel, not Microsoft which is where it sounds like most of the problems you are facing have come from.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Kenneth Lynes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenlynes@usa.net" target="_blank">kenlynes@usa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi guys,<br>
I was recently putting ubuntu 14.10 on a hp 2000 laptop and making it dual<br>
boot with the current win 8 on the machine.<br>
I got the linux disk to boot live by changing the boot order in bios without<br>
too much difficulty. I think I might have had to enable legacy boot first, but<br>
I cant recall right now.<br>
Then the problems began. I installed using the built in method from the disk<br>
so I did not do the partitioning myself.<br>
<br>
Linux installed ok, but it was necessary to interupt the boot using the escape<br>
key (I found this method on line when searching for a solution) and then hit<br>
the F10 key to get to the boot menu option. Then you hit F9 and choose to boot<br>
from the hdd. Then you get to the grub menu and can choose your os.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately you have to do this method on every re-boot of the computer in<br>
order to get into the grub menu. If you are not prompt with the esc key you<br>
will boot right into win 8.<br>
<br>
So, I found the program made by Roderick Smith called ReFind and went through<br>
the method suggested to get it from the repository and install it in the linux<br>
os I had installed. I then ran the program and all went really well.<br>
<br>
Afterwards when you reboot the computer or start it from being off, you get<br>
the menu which ReFind installs for you and you can choose which os to boot<br>
up.<br>
<br>
I dont know how many others are having issues installing ubuntu or other linux<br>
distros alongside of win 8 on one of these Bill Gates computers from hell, but<br>
this should help.<br>
I donated to his site and I think it is worth it.<br>
I will try this program on any of the UEFI machines I confront with how to get<br>
linux installed as an equal along side of Mr Gates os's.<br>
<br>
As a side note, I had wondered what would take place if I had just simply<br>
overwrote win 8 and made the computer entirely linux. I am not sure it would<br>
boot up without doing something else to make the bios UEFI secure boot see the<br>
hdd. It is supposed to look at all the secure boot list first and then go to<br>
the legacy boot list where the hdd is listed as one of the boot items.<br>
<br>
I hope I have explained what I did properly. This program or something like it<br>
should be in every linux distro in my opinion.<br>
BTW the ReFind program replaced or improved the earlier one called REFit..<br>
<br>
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