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[ebvt]

Just found this on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/more-fun-with-windows-8-uefi-secure-boot-fedora-and-ubuntu-7000009292/

ebvt

[Just17]

What most people subscribing to the idea, that if you wish to run Linux then buy suitable hardware, seem to forget is those of us who use as our main PCs 'cast-offs' and used hardware.

This secure boot problem ----  where the manufacturer does not provide a means to use legacy boot ----- is going to be a killer unfortunately 

I cannot determine what hardware I receive .....  so cannot avoid the problem 

[sammy2fish]

Well, what people like me didn't understand is... that this whole thing can be a bit confusing.

I bought a Samsung 128-gig SSD drive and installed win7pro onto it.  It all worked fine.

I had some issues.  So instead of trying to fix them, I decided to wipe. format & re-install win7pro.  That is where problems started.  I spent 2 days trying to fix this & in windoze again.

(need to interject... those two days I was in the bios massively, on phone to friends, and Googling)

Took the ssd harddrive back to the computer store where I bought it, and asked them for help.   The guy says it's just fine.  I said, you are wrong.  Please, low-level format it for me.  He did... all this cost me nothing.

Went to sales and bought an Intel 120-gig ssd hardrive (faster writing speed).  Went home and tried to install win7pro onto the Samsung 128-gig ssd.  It was going to take..!

But I popped it out, put in the Intel 120-gig ssd, and installed onto it.  Sold the Samsung 128-gig to my younger son.

I'm happy, he's happy... heck, the whole world might be happy, who knows.............