<div dir="ltr">I boot Ubuntu 13.10 from USB on my (low-end) Asus Win 8 laptop. It took me awhile to figure it out. I can leave all the <span id="ac3c90d5-2ee3-49ab-961f-4af99ac3f187" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">fastboot</span> and <span id="d9c321cf-c706-4fca-9203-20c4565c7044" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">secureboot</span> settings alone, if I hit the ESC key to get a boot menu. But it has to be Ubuntu 12.10 or above to work. I believe I read there's only 1 other <span id="a9a5daee-623e-4a07-be0f-a1744c54c2c2" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">distro</span> (Redhat??) that can do this.<div>
<br></div><div><span id="be20472a-2f64-49d3-ba29-1a28e8bb2c2a" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">BrianB</span></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Paul Nijjar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I got another request for help via the website contact form. Is there<br>
a volunteer who would be willing to help Brian out? If so contact me<br>
and I will forward Brian's information.<br>
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- Paul<br>
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:35:58 -0500<br>
Subject: [About KWLUG] win 8 out and Linux Mint 16 in<br>
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Brian Fairey sent a message using the contact form at<br>
<a href="http://kwlug.org/contact" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/contact</a>.<br>
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The first problem is that I have a HP desktop one year old with win<br>
8.1 ( a piece of crap)<br>
How do I load Linux, I've tried but I cannot get into the BIOS (UFEI)<br>
Please help<br>
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