[PLUG] resolved [Linux install issue on W8 machine reading dvd]

[Galen Seitz]

On 06/02/13 12:47, fred james wrote:
> Thank you for your help ... the Acer problem resolved when the box died, and
> was retruned to the retailer.
>
> I got an HP Privilion (W8 again) and faced the same problem, but I applies
> some things you suggested and found the final answer here ...
> <http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03659945&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5360082&tmp_track_link=ot_search>
> ... wherein it is (sort of) explained how to get the CD/DVD to boot.  I say
> sort of because it isn't a perfect world, eh?  But we got there, and that is
> the main point.

This sounds a bit like the problem described by Matthew Garrett in a 
recent blog entry.

"Secure Boot isn't the only problem facing Linux on Windows 8 hardware"
http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/24869.html


galen
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