<div dir="ltr">well if its new efi then there are number of settings that need to be changed legacy first. Secure boot comes to play.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 6:58 PM, James Linder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jam@tigger.ws" target="_blank">jam@tigger.ws</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 30 Jun 2014, at 2:00 am, <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a> wrote:<br>
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> As all previous suggestions.......<br>
><br>
> Plus isn't this just the recent "All Windows is Rubbish" BIOS<br>
> protection setting that once an 'nix install has happened prevents the<br>
> user from making the mistake of trying to install an inferior OS?<br>
><br>
</div>> I'll get my coat………<br>
you’re gonna need it!<br>
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Either the machine is BIOS or if it’s newer than a year ot two EFI<br>
<br>
You need to enter the BIOS screen and set boot order taking note of secure boot (W8 requires the option, donno what they do about BIOS/mbr)<br>
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Really anything *can* be done but there is no setting that would let linux lock out windows. You *may* need to learn all about secure boot for win 8. Franky boot linux on a mem stick (say ubuntu)<br>
On a linux box<br>
dd if=xubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb<br>
boot it run Try …<br>
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda<br>
<br>
Your disk is GONE and has no trace (again anything is possible) of linux or anything<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
James<br>
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