[ale] Is it risky?

DJ-Pfulio DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
Sat Aug 29 09:07:19 EDT 2015


On 08/29/2015 08:54 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 08/29/2015 07:55 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> Sometimes the hardware involved matters.  For example, there are some
>> odd UEFI settings that are required to allow OSes before Win8 to boot -
>> we've seen this mostly from HP laptops, but others may have the issue too.
> I got a new computer recently, and it is uefi.. It came with windows 8.1
> and I promptly upgraded to windows 10. I then shrunk the partition, and
> added fedora 22. Then I added my 2nd drive & installed ubuntu server. I
> want an existing linux boot OS on each drive, just in case:)
> 
> This is my first install with UEFI and BOY has it been a learning
> experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> no more grub2-install. Now we have new packages, and no new
> documentation or how-to.. Now we have ESP partitions, and /boot/efi
> partitions, that interface with grub.. I now have 2 ESP partitions, and
> 2 separate ( and not always equal) grub.cfg files. 1 under fedora and
> the other under ubuntu.. oh, did I also mention the shim package?? where
> did this come from & why do I need it:)
> 
> this has been a real ( and not so much fun) learning experience, all
> because I wanted a new computer... welcome to UEFI.
> 

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI seems pretty complete.



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