I don't really know anything about it but rumor has it that Windows 8 ready machines have some kind of bios that is supposed to block loading anything that isn't Windows as a security measure. I mean, one never knows what damage loading something like Linux might do to your computer so they want to protect you. On 10/21/2012 07:52 PM, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Actually, it has occurred to me. It seems that M$ has done everything possible to keep a second OS from being loaded. That being said, it also seems that when I read about people successfully getting Suse to dual boot, they don't give any details that I find useful, and that is frustrating. Of course that is not Suse's fault either and I recognize that.
Jim
On 10/21/2012 07:35 PM, Doug wrote:
On 10/21/2012 03:16 PM, Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Sun, 2012-10-21 at 12:23 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Hans Witvliet wrote:
i examined the drive and noticed that all primary partitions are already in use: sda1 200M ntfs 15% sda2 442G ntfs 7% sda3 20G ntfs 90% sda4 4g fat 73% Obviously, no media were supplied with the laptop. What are all those partitions used for? Generally, you have one for C: and one for restoring your system. Also, you should create the restore DVDs with a utility that's usually included. DVDs might also be available on request.
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Has it occurred to you that maybe HO is in cahoots with Microsoft to try and prevent you from loading Linux on the machine????
--doug
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