Hi Hendrik et al.
I solved all my problems associated with installing linux on an acer v7
laptop- I returned it to Future Shop of a full refund! I was
spending too much time and energy on it. I'll stick with my desktop for
now.
Thanks for all the help.
Robin
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:
On a different note, I have several SSHDs (Seagate 1 TB with 8 GB of MLC).
Basically these just show up as a single drive and you generally do not
get to separate them out. The ones that I have perform like midrange SSDs
until you exhaust the large cache, then performance drops to what you would
On my Lenovo I was able to disable the secure boot in the UEFI and then
install Ubuntu as I normally would. I did a clean install of Windows 8 on
it's own SSD. GRUB has no problems with either OS.
I also stand by my criticism of the Ultrabook branding. Just for some
background, my direct PC har
Hi Hendrik,
Thanks for your generous and informative reply. I was actually joking when
I wrote "I was hoping you would tell me how to do it!" But I'm grateful
for your expert advice and I'll check the links you sent.
I plan to remove windows8 completely, replacing it with ubuntu (or debian)
w
Hi Richard,
Here is a link to a side-by-side install of Win8 and Ubuntu 12.xx with
consideration for both uefi and secure boot:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported
Also, have a look at a Google search with the search
Hi Hendrick,
Thanks for your reply. I was hoping you would tell me how to do it!
My first step is to contact Microsoft tech support to ask them how to do
it. I doubt they will tell me anything useful but at least it may annoy
them! Then I'll contact Acer tech support to ask them how to do it.
Looking forward to reading about your efforts in getting around the
locked-in boot partition of any Win8 machine!
Hendrik
On 13-08-05 03:37 PM, Richard Carter wrote:
Thanks for your comments gents. I had a rush of blood to the brain and
splashed out for the acer v7 before I had a chance to r
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Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7
Thanks for your comments gents. I had a rush of blood to the brain and
splashed out for the acer v7 before I had a chance to read the comment from
Gustin and Andrew: it has lots of RAM, a "hybrid" drive (a 24gb
t; ** **
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> *From:* clug-talk [mailto:clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca] *On Behalf Of *Gustin
> Johnson
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 4, 2013 11:53 AM
> *To:* CLUG General
> *Subject:* Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7
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> Do not think of "Ultra
, 2013 11:53 AM
To: CLUG General
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7
Do not think of "Ultra-books" as computers. They are appliances that you will
likely not be able to service or upgrade. Generally the RAM is soldered on and
the batteries are not usually replacea
Do not think of "Ultra-books" as computers. They are appliances that you
will likely not be able to service or upgrade. Generally the RAM is
soldered on and the batteries are not usually replaceable either.
I get that the really thin profile is cool looking, but the crappy hardware
and screens t
The 24gb ssd is typically going to be a cache drive. It may not be possible to
install anything on it, this will be a bios limitation. In terms of replacing
the drive in some cases the caching ssd drives have different mounting holes
than standard msata drives. That is the issue I've got with me
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