[sclug] Linux and secure boot

[alan c]

On 12/01/13 20:35, alan c wrote:
> On 12/01/13 20:27, Inuka Jayasekera wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've recently bought an Asus laptop that came with Windows 8 and secure
>> boot set up. From Ubuntu's website, it looks like secure boot was available
>> from 12.10 onwards. I've tried several times though to install Ubuntu 12.10
>> (using the UEFI boot option and the regular boot option) and it always
>> complains saying it can't read partitions during install!
>>
>> Has anyone tried to install Linux (especially Ubuntu) on a secure boot
>> laptop and had any luck? Any advice (even if you haven't)?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Inuka.
>
> Recent experience on another list seemed to confirm a comment on a
> Ubuntu site that - at  least - a USB stick was required, optical media
> would not work.
> I will try to look it up


Two recent related items
'Installing Ubuntu on a machine with Windows 9 ' (sic) it means 8

long:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=%5Bubuntu-uk%5D%20installing%20ubuntu%20on%20a%20machine%20with%20windows%209&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com%2FInstalling-Ubuntu-on-a-machine-with-Windows-9-td5008367.html&ei=CcrxUP3pNILB0gWa04CgAQ&usg=AFQjCNFoDCu6qY6GaKzpKkDKDuPsxMZUvw&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.Yms

Short:
http://tinyurl.com/bng7uo4


and
http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/Installing-Ubuntu-on-a-machine-with-Windows-9-td5008189i40.html

hth
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alan cocks