[ale] Fwd: Re: ot: if you have spare time

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 03/18/2015 05:16 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> I tried our dell laptop that has windows 8.1 on it. It wouldn't boot the CD.. I
> tried F2 and boot options, but it is new to me. all I see is EUFI options, no
> options to boot CD/USB..
> 
>> Yep normally is hit and miss. Try on some newer hardware if you have sticking
>> around.
>>

"Legacy boot"? If you enable this, Win8 won't boot until you change back to EFI
booting.

You must disable "secure boot" first.  This you can enable/disable at will, just
know that disabling it will make Windows less secure.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI has lots of background information.