Re: [Discuss] Disabling UEFI and dual booting Linux and Windows

2012-11-06 Thread Matthew Gillen
On 11/05/2012 10:30 PM, Rich Pieri wrote: On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:04:29 -0500 Jerry Feldman wrote: I think it only affects the preinstalled consumer version of Windows 8. I want to understand why. What is it about the pre-installed editions that makes them behave differently from the Enterpri

Re: [Discuss] Disabling UEFI and dual booting Linux and Windows

2012-11-06 Thread Rich Pieri
On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:24:05 -0500 Matthew Gillen wrote: > I had a laptop that I installed linux on. Then one day I was messing > with bios settings, and noticed that my SATA controller was set to > IDE mode, instead of the much faster AHCI. So I switched it, and > linux wouldn't boot (couldn'

[Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Weds, Nov 7, 2012 - Desktop GNU/Linux SIG

2012-11-06 Thread Will Rico
When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:30PM Topic: GNU/Linux Desktop Election 2012 Location: MIT Building E51, Room 372 Summary The night after that other election, we'll vote for our favorite GNU/Linux desktop. Abstract What's your favorite GNU/Linux distribution for the