[ale] help - question - can you put mint 13 on HP Win 8 PC

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Thanks Sergio.  I may have to put that to use if Dad buys that PC.

Sincerely,

Ron


Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com> wrote:

>I just got a chap Gateway/Acer laptop and did just that. On Win 8, go
>to settings - advanced - general - start options( not very sure)and
>change the boot option. When restarting PC, you will be at the bios.
>Change from UEFI to legacy and put boot order to cd-rom or whatever the
>device you want to boot from.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Feb 23, 2013, at 4:04 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)"
><atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> My Dad is considering buying an HP Win 8 laptop.  Since I really
>dislike Win 8, I suggested to him that we either wipe it and put on Win
>7 or that we set up Linux, or maybe do a dual boot.  He's still
>thinking about it.  Then, I thought, what if the computer is required
>to have UEFI to run Win 8?  And, if it does have UEFI, will it even be
>possible to put Mint 13 on it?  I have no experience with UEFI.
>> 
>> Any thoughts?  Any help is appreciated.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Ron
>> 
>> 
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Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail.
Please excuse my potential brevity if I'm typing on the touch screen.

(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
mailing lists and such.  I don't always see new email messages very quickly.)

Ron Frazier
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linuxdude AT techstarship.com