Today, I had a go at doing an LL2.4 install on a UEFI laptop (Asus G750JS), pre-installed with Win 8.1. I used Nehal J Wani's extremely helpful youtube video, posted by Jerry in Reply#3 of this thread. I followed the video to the letter, playing it on an old laptop (pausing the video step-by-step, so that I could follow instructions more easily), installing LL on a new Asus G750JS laptop: legacy (CSM) mode on, fast boot & secure boot turned off during installation. It took me three goes, due mainly to my inexperience, but am delighted to say that the third go resulted in a fully-functioning win8.1/LL2.4 dual-boot with UEFI fully enabled.
One or two things I learned the hard-way today, which I'd like to pass on...
1) Ubuntu Live Media in UEFI mode (step 5 in Wani's 13 step set-up, listed below his video on Youtube website): when booting from this use Ubuntu 14.10 as this will boot in UEFI mode - version 14.04.2 appears not to do so.
2) Fetching updates in Ubuntu Live Media: make sure your internet connection is on. My inexperience made me overlook this on the second attempt (just go to the top right hand side of the live Ubuntu screen to turn this on, before fetching updates).
3) Booting from DVD: I had quite a few problems with this initially as, frustratingly, 'booting from DVD' did not show as an option under the Firmware Settings (arrived at by pressing F2 key down on restart), which I had to go to for setting the Legacy mode. To see the DVD booting option on your screen, you need to press down the ESC key (& and keep it pressed down, i.e. not hitting it repeatedly) and this will open up the boot choice, where you just toggle to the DVD option using the arrow keys & hit Enter.
The above laptop has two physical SSD drives: I had hoped to put the '/' and '/home' partitions on separate drives, but Wani's instructions do not allow for this, either on a single drive or split between two physical drives. Also, my inexperience prevented me from succeeding with this and exploring it further. Wani's installation is limited to LL as a single '/' partition on a single drive. I'd be grateful for any advice on how I might separate these partitions for Wani's dual-boot system which I've installed: is there a way of transferring '/home' from drive 1 to drive 2?
With the installed SSD system I haven't created a swap area - I've understood from outside this forum that this is correct procedure for SSD set-ups, though would appreciate some confirmation on this from any of you.
Jerry indicates that Nehal J Wani's instructions for win8.1/LL dual booting is for an intermediate linux user. However, I consider myself more as a novice, who has learnt much from the advice given here, since moving from WinXP to linux in April2014. Much of what I've learned, and the confidence I have gained with a 'giving it a go' attitude is down to the very friendly and supportive community represented by the LL forum. Many thanks for that...
Regards
Mike
One or two things I learned the hard-way today, which I'd like to pass on...
1) Ubuntu Live Media in UEFI mode (step 5 in Wani's 13 step set-up, listed below his video on Youtube website): when booting from this use Ubuntu 14.10 as this will boot in UEFI mode - version 14.04.2 appears not to do so.
2) Fetching updates in Ubuntu Live Media: make sure your internet connection is on. My inexperience made me overlook this on the second attempt (just go to the top right hand side of the live Ubuntu screen to turn this on, before fetching updates).
3) Booting from DVD: I had quite a few problems with this initially as, frustratingly, 'booting from DVD' did not show as an option under the Firmware Settings (arrived at by pressing F2 key down on restart), which I had to go to for setting the Legacy mode. To see the DVD booting option on your screen, you need to press down the ESC key (& and keep it pressed down, i.e. not hitting it repeatedly) and this will open up the boot choice, where you just toggle to the DVD option using the arrow keys & hit Enter.
The above laptop has two physical SSD drives: I had hoped to put the '/' and '/home' partitions on separate drives, but Wani's instructions do not allow for this, either on a single drive or split between two physical drives. Also, my inexperience prevented me from succeeding with this and exploring it further. Wani's installation is limited to LL as a single '/' partition on a single drive. I'd be grateful for any advice on how I might separate these partitions for Wani's dual-boot system which I've installed: is there a way of transferring '/home' from drive 1 to drive 2?
With the installed SSD system I haven't created a swap area - I've understood from outside this forum that this is correct procedure for SSD set-ups, though would appreciate some confirmation on this from any of you.
Jerry indicates that Nehal J Wani's instructions for win8.1/LL dual booting is for an intermediate linux user. However, I consider myself more as a novice, who has learnt much from the advice given here, since moving from WinXP to linux in April2014. Much of what I've learned, and the confidence I have gained with a 'giving it a go' attitude is down to the very friendly and supportive community represented by the LL forum. Many thanks for that...
Regards
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work