On Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 10:54 AM Richard Owlett <rcowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> On 04/30/2022 09:01 AM, IL Ka wrote: > > this is possible: you just need to have two .efi files for your OSes: one > > for Windows and one for Linux. > > Use ``efibootmgr`` to manage it. > > If you have secure boot enabled, you need shim: > > https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot > > Following links from there suggests I know even less than I thought I > did. Confirms I need to read newbie oriented material about dual booting > Debian on a UEFI equipped Windows machine (with or without Secure Boot). > > Suggestions? > A "few" years ago, I acquired an HP Tower with Windows 8.1 on it. I invested in a 1 Terabyte External "spinning rust" drive, connected via USB. I installed xubuntu on it and fixed Bios and UEFI to allow USB to boot. This included disabling Secure Boot, by the way. I ran it that way for a couple of years, before shrinking Windows and making use of the, rather delicious internal Hard drive space. (Windows was, eventually upgraded to 10, using one of Microsoft's "free offers", but that's a different story. And, when I recently asked about upgrading to Windows 11, Microsoft simply laughed at me). I am still using that Infrastructure, but without the external USB, and with Debian Bullseye being the primary system. As mentioned earlier, I disabled Secure Boot to even be able to boot External USB but, on one of my laptops, made use of the shim file someone else mentioned. And yes, Debian suports Secure Boot, as noted on the previously mentioned Debian Wiki article. Good luck! Kenneth Parker > > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 3:06 PM Richard Owlett <rcowl...@cloud85.net> > wrote: > > > >> I will be setting up a Windows laptop to dual boot Debian. > >> If the machine has legacy BIOS, no problem as I've done that before. > >> > >> If it is a UEFI machine (possibly with secure boot, what should I be > >> reading. > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> > > > > >
