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1. Re: UEFI LUG Meeting Help this Saturday? 27/0615 (Sebastian)


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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 00:11:30 +0100
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc: "sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com" <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: Re: [bristol] UEFI LUG Meeting Help this Saturday? 27/0615
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> On 26 Jun 2015, at 23:19, eddie smith <lug@eddiesmith.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Seb
>
> What's the make and model? We do this all the time at UWE with staff laptops, mostly HP.
Mine is HP as well (since I can get a bit of a discount on HP, and I wanted something similar to the Lenovo convertibles): http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=M0R72EA&opt=ABU&sel=PCNB
>
> You often need to take one or more of these steps:
>
> - set a boot password
A boot password in the UEFI settings?
> - disable secure boot
Yes most things for UEFI and Linux say to disable that, although it seems for some computers and distros that more recently won't have to anymore, going by things I have read.
> - choose legacy boot
Yes I been wondering if I should try with that enabled, but a Ubuntu link I have read has given me the impression that not really meant to mix UEFI OS installs with legacy ones: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

>
> Even then it sometimes doesn't work. I've known laptops refuse to recognise a USB stick, and we have had to use a USB CD drive to boot from..
That USB stick booted the live session up ok, however with a message when the USB first booted each time that it would in insecure mode. I do have external optical USB drives if needed though.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Eddie
>
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I expect to be at the Knights Templar pub at about 2pm to about 5:30pm/6pm this Saturday, and I am hoping to get some help with the UEFI on my new lap top whilst there.
>>
>> As expected UEFI probably wasn't going to be as simple as just disabling UEFI secure boot and installing the Linux distribution on there. I tried with a USB I made for Ubuntu 15.04, but it wouldn't let me install it into the free space I had set up for Linux distros. Yes first lap top with UEFI for me, but soon there will be another one to that I'll be attempting to get dual booted with Windows for someone else.
>>
>> On my lap top I would like to multi boot with Windows 8.1 (soon to be upgraded to 10), Ubuntu for Unity, Fedora possibly, and Mageia, I also intend to start using virtual machines again soon :).
>>
>> I don't like Unity 7 much at all, but may as well have it with the specs the lap top has, such as a touch screen. Unity 8 is quite nice in Ubuntu Touch in my experience though on a Ubuntu Phone.
>>
>> Going back to the LUG meeting itself: For anyone new we sit on the lower level when entering the pub at the back of it, in the left hand side corner with the plugs, or near there instead if someone is already there, and it's just a general informal meeting, that can even be used to show interesting tech related things or give them away.
>>
>> I hope meet some UEFI experts there tomorrow, and new people etc.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sebastian
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