<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi newbie :-)<br><br></div><div>Heh, heh. Vista was a great product for getting people to use Linux! So was NT 3.51.<br></div><div><br></div>EFI is a learning curve for everyone. It seems there must be an EFI aware booting installer and/or an EFI folder on the installer. Without that, it all punts on the reboot. Otherwise the bios-thingy for EFI must be configured for legacy BIOS or some similar language. Not all EFI systems have that capability.<br>
<br></div>Not to fan a distro war but try a Fedora 20 x86_64 install. Use a DVD version and see if that will boot when done. I've installed that on several Mac systems and they are EFI only. It was quite smooth (other than the closed, proprietary stuff like wireless and nvidia graphics - and those weren't that bad with the rpmfuson repo). I didn't do a dual boot on those. I tossed the Mac OS and did a drive wipe with random number generator first for encrypted hard drive.<br>
<br></div>If that works, the issue is with the installer disk you're using. It must not be built for EFI systems. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Gregory Beyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beyerg@bellsouth.net" target="_blank">beyerg@bellsouth.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hello all,<br>
<br>
I just discovered ALE, so am stoked about meeting fellow tux-heads
in person rather than just on forums -- and learning about
Duplicity to boot! <br>
<br>
I've been Ubuntu, then Mint since Vista ticked me off, & never
went back. Now I'm up against a new nemesis on a new laptop -
EFI. I'm struggling with my Mint16 install, now a week without a
running installation (just live USB booting) despite extensive
forums searches on my problems. <br>
<br>
I've disabled fast boot & secure boot, installation goes
without a hitch, but I get nothing but error messages when I pull
the USB and try to boot from disk. Tried fstab changes with no
joy. Tried boot-repair, too.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If I bring my laptop on
Thursday, might I trouble someone to look at what's happening
(not!) at boot?</font><br>
<br>
I cringe at being that guy that shows up for the first time and
asks for help, but that's the timing that a motherboard death has
forced on me.<br>
<br>
Thanks so much,<br>
<br>
Greg <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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