Secure Boot is an UEFI feature that blocks unsigned drivers and operating systems from running. Use this tag if you have questions about Ubuntu on a secure-boot enabled system.
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How can I dual-boot Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 8? [duplicate]
I've been trying to dual-boot Ubuntu alongside Windows 8 on my Thinkpad T530, with no consistent success. I was able to burn the .iso image for 12.04 onto a DVD and then boot the DVD at startup, and ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu 13.04
Okay so, I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my Lenovo B570 because my Windows screwed up saying it's missing a boot file, which is the 5th time it's happened to me. When I go to install Ubuntu, the ...
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How to dualboot 12.4.2 alongside Windows 8 without Wubi? [duplicate]
I've just bought a new Acer laptop that came preinstalled with Windows 8 in Secure Boot (enabled). Since Wine can only do so much, I want to keep my Windows8 and install Ubuntu 12.4.2 alongside it, ...
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How to burn / create a bootable USB or CD for UEFI-secure-boot
I used Lili (LinuxLive USB Creator) to create a bootable USB Stick based on the 64bit Lubuntu 13.04 iso with Windows 8 Uefi secure boot. The stick starts only in legacy boot, but not in Uefi mode.
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Installation from Live USB doesn't find my partitions
I have a Sony Win8 ultrabook. When I boot from a live USB, Ubuntu 12.10 will access my partial SSD to access data.
But when I go to install it, it gets to the point of changing partitions, but shows ...
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answered Windows 8/Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot
I've had trouble with installing on an external hard drive like I planned to, so I've decided it would be better just to set up a dual boot on my system. I've been searching to make sure I do it ...
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Windows 8 and Ubuntu dual boot using wubi [duplicate]
I set up a partition for Ubuntu 12.10 and used Wubi to install it. It installed fine, but when I try to boot into Ubuntu It tells me The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a ...
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Bought a new laptop with Windows 8 preinstalled, now I can't uninstall it [closed]
I recently bought a new laptop with Windows 8 installed. I am not a fan of this OS, so I wanted to reboot to Win7.
After a series of tries, I couldn't get Windows 7 to install. I boiled it down to ...
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Boot Gateway DX4860-UR308 to USB Live
I have a new DX4860-UR308 BIOS version P11-A0. The Secure Boot is disabled and the 1st Boot Device is set to Removable Device and the 2nd is set to CD. I have a Live USB and Live CD in each, ...
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Secure Boot with Ubuntu 12.04.2 (64 Bit) on Thinkpad X230?
I experiment with secure boot. I enabled it on Thinkpad X230 and could (and still can) boot Ubuntu 12.04.2 (64 bit) from USB stick. I then installed Ubuntu (left only the first NTFS partition with ...
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Boot issues with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 - BIOS Setup lost!
I got a new laptop (a Vaio S series) which came with Windows 8. I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows, so I used a Ubuntu CD, booted from it and installed Ubuntu. Installation finished ...
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Error PXE-e61 after instaling Ubuntu 12.04(x64) in a pre installed Windows 8 Machine
AFter following the steps that are presented here(Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system), I could not boot the pc, even back to windows 8. I partitioned the Hard Drive, ...
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Acer aspire V5-171-6422 dual booting
My laptop has come with WIN8 and secure booting through UEFI (this is very new bootloader for me) I want to natively boot Ubuntu like using BIOS. Can anyone suggest me a way for this? I have read ...
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another windows 8 install problem acer 21.10
I have been trying for two days to get may acer predator series g to recognize my boot dist. I have one dvd from Ubuntu user which worked on my laptop and one i burned my self 12.10 64 bit which ...
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What is vmlinuz.efi.signed?
Installation media for Ubuntu 12.10 contain a copy of the kernel named vmlinuz.efi.signed.
What is it for, and how is it made? Can I update it with a newer kernel?
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install ubuntu on dell xps 8500 with preinstalled windows 8
I got a Dell xps 8500 pre-installed window 8. I installed ubuntu 12.10 and after reboot the system directly enter into ubuntu. I use boot-repair and I got the grub menu with ubuntu and windows 8. If I ...
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Dual Booting Pre-installed Windows 8
I've recently purchased a Lenovo T430, and sadly when configuring it, I forgot all about the Linux UEFI Fiasco, and kept the default option of pre-installing Windows 8.
I'm able to disable ...
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Dual-boot Ubuntu 12.10 on UEFI along Windows 8
Hello after a successfull installation of Ubuntu 12.10 amd64, I am now unable to boot Windows 8.
Here are my actions:
Made room (15 GB) for Ubuntu from Windows 8 Computer Managment
Boot Ubuntu ...
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Can I install Ubuntu 12.10 on an hp desktop that has UEFI [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 system
I just bought a new computer and it has windows 8 but I don't like windows 8 and wanted to use ubuntu 12.10 and am ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 8 on HP p7-1449 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 system
So I recently bought a HP p7-1449 with Windows 8 pre-installed. I want to dual boot the system with Ubuntu 12.10 ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system
I bought a computer with pre-installed Windows 8. But I didn't like Windows 8, so I decided to install Ubuntu as a second operating system.
I'm absolutely new to Linux. I have been using Windows for ...
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Boot manager is showing \Ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr is missing or contains error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 version using windows installer option along with windows 8. After ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12.10 on new computer with Windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system
I recently purchased a new HP computer (P6-2330) with Windows 8. I have tried unsuccessfully to ...
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12.04 cannot boot from USB
The HP Pavilion g6 notebook is unable to boot from bootable USB stick created with Linux Live USB Creator. I was able to boot other systems using the same pendrive.
I have changed the boot priority ...
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Cannot boot WUBI installed Ubuntu with Windows 8 [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu on Samsung laptop with Windows 8, everything went fine but on booting with Ubuntu I get the following message:
\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr
status 0xc000007b
The application or ...
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Making an Ubuntu installation disc UEFI bootable
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on a machine with UEFI (Windows 8). Following Rod Books, I managed to get my system to boot using rEFInd. However rEFInd does not offer me any options to boot from ...
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12.10 UEFI Secure Boot install
Now that Secure Boot is supported, what special instructions does one have to follow to install Ubuntu 12.10 on a UEFI Secure Boot enabled PC shipped with Windows 8?
As I understand, 12.10 ships with ...
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Will I be able to install Ubuntu on Windows 8 Laptops/Ultrabooks?
I already know that ARM devices with Windows 8 will not allow to install another OS.
What about ultrabooks and laptops with Windows 8, will the secure boot prevent me from installing Ubuntu?
I ...
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Wubi on Windows 8 without secure boot?
I have a MacBook Pro.
I've heard rumours that if Windows 8 is going to have this thing called "Secure boot", Wubi cannot work. At first I plan to install Ubuntu on my mac via Wubi(and windows via ...
