Tutorial: How to set up a Windows/Linux Lite dual-boot with UEFI fully enabled.

[m654321]

I have understood that Linux Mint, like Ubuntu and some other distros (you can Google this to find which ones), have actually obtained a License from Microsoft to permit UEFI support for their installations.  As far as I know Linux Lite do not have such a license, which is why Ubuntu is needed in the live environment to enable UEFI within the installed LL.  I do not know if Jerry plans to get a UEFI support licence from Microsoft for  LL at sometime in the future, but I get the firm impression that it is not a priority.

Regards
Mike

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Does this topic of yours infer that LL2.6 64-bit is not UEFI enabled for either Live or Installed use and that another UEFI enabled distribution needs to be used to enable LL2.6 64-bit to be used in UEFI mode?

In a nutshell, that about sums it up. You're 'slipstreaming' GRUB-EFI into LL.

I ran this on the new lappy, and when I tried to install GRUB, I guess it couldn't find my EFI partition, and proceeded to puke. I ran the UEFI version of Boot Repair, and it finished the process.

There's nothing wrong with anything presented here. For some strange, unknown reason, it just happened to puke on me. It makes me think if we could, pending a UEFI GRUB loader for LL, add a script to a Boot Repair CD, and automate the whole process...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
 

[m654321]

Hi Rob,

Yes, I guess 'slipstreaming' is a good very visual way of describing the installation of  Grub-EFI. I'll leave it up to the experts here to come up with the code for automating the whole process - that area is a bit beyond me.

I'm trying to imagine though what a puking laptop looks like... sounds pretty messy  :-[

Cheers,
Mike

[m654321]

UPDATE 7:
I have just made an amendment to Section F of the tutorial, that is...

Problem 2 - reversion of the grub-entry name to Ubuntu
As stated in the amendment, you can either leave it as it is (doesn't affect functioning of Linux Lite), or
just go through Section E again for re-editing the grub-screen entry from Ubuntu back to whatever you want to call it (e.g. Linux Lite)

I'd just like to wish a Happy Christmas and a Very Peaceful New Year to EVERYONE here on the Linux Lite forum! THanks for all your help and support - you're a great bunch - truly!

I would also like to wish Linux Lite a very successful 2016!
Let's raise our glasses to that...
Cheers!
Mike

[m654321]

UPDATE 8:
I have further updated the tutorial with two more issues that I experienced with the win/LL UEFI-enabled dual boot set up.
See Problems 3 & 4 appended to Section F.

All the best
Mike

[m654321]

UPDATE 9:
Just to say the  upgrading from LL2.6 to 2.8 within the LL/Win8.1 UEFI dual-boot, proceeded flawlessly (12 February 2016) and took less than 10 minutes to complete. 

UEFI continues to work very well. The only glitch that pops up now-and-then is 'problem 3' in 'section F' of the tutorial (hanging on start-up or shutdown), though this continues to be easily rectified by the procedure I outlined.


Many thanks Jerry, and the rest of the team for all your hard work.


Cheers
Mike

[kiko]

Congratulations Mike the excellent tutorial of an installation with UEFI system, simple and easy to understand.

Regarding the LinuxMint, this has support UEFI.

And I also agree that in the next versions of Linux Lite should have support for both Secury Boot and UEFI.
Hugs.

[m654321]

Congratulations Mike the excellent tutorial of an installation with UEFI system, simple and easy to understand

Many thanks for your encouraging words Kiko...
I'll keep updating the tutorial as I acquire new information or make new observations on the set-up. 

You mention Secure Boot/UEFI support: Jerry has already indicated that support for this is not likely to appear in the LL 3.0 series.  A bit too early. 

Yes I'm aware that Linux Mint now has UEFI support - apparently since October 2012 a number of others have also been supported in addition to Ubuntu i.e. Rhel, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Debian, Bridge Linux, Arch Linux, Aptosid, Siduction, see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/...175429194/

Mike

[m654321]

UPDATE 10:
A summary added,  introduction indicated, and extraneous waffle removed!
Have a good day 
Mike

[Valtam]

A fantastic contribution, really appreciated Mike!