While it is possible to disable UEFI, if Windows 8 is preinstalled and
UEFI is disabled, does that actually prevent Windows 8 from booting. The
stuff I have read states that you have to reinstall Windows 8 in
non-UEFI mode. The issue is that at our installfests, we get a lot of
dual boot requests.
On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:18:17 -0400
Jerry Feldman wrote:
> While it is possible to disable UEFI, if Windows 8 is preinstalled and
> UEFI is disabled, does that actually prevent Windows 8 from booting.
No. Windows 8 itself does not require UEFI Secure Boot.
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Rich P.
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It is the rare install indeed that won't be well-described by the
command line calls you have identified... on the remote chance you
don't have an /etc/issue you should be able to grep dmesg for some
keyword like "version" ... and if lspci doesn't tell you the exact
motherboard you have, you ca
On 11/03/2012 11:52 AM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:18:17 -0400
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>
>> While it is possible to disable UEFI, if Windows 8 is preinstalled and
>> UEFI is disabled, does that actually prevent Windows 8 from booting.
> No. Windows 8 itself does not require UEFI Sec
On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:06:24 -0400
Jerry Feldman wrote:
> The resource I looked at specifically stated that Windows 8 had to be
> reinstalled. In any case, since I have not seen a Windows 8/UEFI
> system, this discussion has been useful.
What I have heard about Secure Boot interfering with Windo
