[ale] Just Discovered ALE

[JD]

On 03/10/2014 06:43 PM, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
> On 03/09/2014 10:19 PM, Gregory Beyer wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> 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!
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> If I bring my laptop on Thursday, might I trouble someone to look at
>> what's happening (not!) at boot?
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Thanks so much,
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
> I actually just installed my new work laptop (Dell Latitude E7240) with 
> Debian using EFI. This was actually my first installation with grub-efi and
> it worked rather smoothly for me. I actually had more problems from the NIC
> driver and X11 setup than I did EFI.
> 

During the last InstallFest, we were able to install on about 10 EFI systems.
One of them, we couldn't figure out how to change the boot order, so settled
for a virtual machine install.  Oh - and for Aaron - I did suggest wiping that
OTHER OS completely to make things work. He didn't go for it.

So - I can not offer to help with an install on Thursday night - our program
is fairly full, but there is another group that meets every Sunday afternoon
which is perfect for installation help. Almost every Sunday, we help someone
get Linux running. http://www.meetup.com/GA-400-Linux-Group/ Bring everything
necessary and we will help. Power and wifi are available. Come at the
beginning of the meeting to get the most help.  Brian is fantastic at
installations and I'll offer snide comments from the peanut gallery - a form
of support. ;)

If you want to run an Ubuntu variant - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
has some great resources and fairly clear instructions ... well, they were
clear to me, but I don't have anything with UEFI.