Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 13/03/2015, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): >> On 13/03/2015, David Wright wrote: >> > Quoting Gajadur Dwijesh (dwije...@gmail.com): >> >> Hi. >> >> I got the same problem.. >> >> I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlOd-a2wG0 >> >> and it wo

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread David Wright
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > On 13/03/2015, David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Gajadur Dwijesh (dwije...@gmail.com): > >> Hi. > >> I got the same problem.. > >> I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlOd-a2wG0 > >> and it worked..i could dual boot windows 8.1 with Deb

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 13/03/2015, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Gajadur Dwijesh (dwije...@gmail.com): >> Hi. >> I got the same problem.. >> I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlOd-a2wG0 >> and it worked..i could dual boot windows 8.1 with Debian on UEFI mode > > Interesting. I played this through

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread David Wright
Quoting Gajadur Dwijesh (dwije...@gmail.com): > Hi. > I got the same problem.. > I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlOd-a2wG0  > and it worked..i could dual boot windows 8.1 with Debian on UEFI mode  Interesting. I played this through and at 506 seconds, I saw my first EFI scr

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread David Wright
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > I note that, after visiting the web page at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface > to which I have been referred, in another message posted in this > thread, I found > "while Insyde Software offers InsydeH2O, its own impl

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Curt a écrit : > On 2015-03-11, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >>> or, otherwise, interface with >>> the UEFI/GPT system, so that the bootloader, GRUB 2, can find the MS >>> Win8 installation within the UEFI system? >> Probably not. At least not the Windows boot manager, which expects to be >> loaded from

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Brian
On Fri 13 Mar 2015 at 03:10:58 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Does Debian Linux 7 support UEFI "Secure boot"? The relevant threads are somewhat fragmented but a search with "Plan of action for Secure Boot support" gives you all you want and more. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/03/2015, Bret Busby wrote: > Okay. > > In thinking about this further, I remembered that, due to the > malicious nature of MS Win8, it is installed with the nasty > UEFI->Secure Boot mode, which maliciously disables the installation of > any additional operating systems. > > And, I remember

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 13/03/2015, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): >> The Setup Utility displays, in the Title Bar, "InsydeH20 Setup >> Utility Rev. 3.7". >> >> The solution, at this stage, appears to be to use the Setup, to >> change between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes, thence

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Gajadur Dwijesh
Hi. I got the same problem.. I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlOd-a2wG0 and it worked..i could dual boot windows 8.1 with Debian on UEFI mode On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:21 PM, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > > The Setup Utility displays,

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread David Wright
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > The Setup Utility displays, in the Title Bar, "InsydeH20 Setup > Utility Rev. 3.7". > > The solution, at this stage, appears to be to use the Setup, to > change between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes, thence to select which > operating system, I want

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Curt
On 2015-03-12, Bret Busby wrote: > > I can "dual boot", within the Legacy BIOS system; I can select either > Debian Linux 7, or, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, into which, to boot, from the > Legacy BIOS GRUB menu. Well, I meant boot the Windows 8. I should've said triple boot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/03/2015, Curt wrote: > On 2015-03-11, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> >>> or, otherwise, interface with >>> the UEFI/GPT system, so that the bootloader, GRUB 2, can find the MS >>> Win8 installation within the UEFI system? >> >> Probably not. At least not the Windows boot manager, which expects t

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Curt
On 2015-03-11, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > >> or, otherwise, interface with >> the UEFI/GPT system, so that the bootloader, GRUB 2, can find the MS >> Win8 installation within the UEFI system? > > Probably not. At least not the Windows boot manager, which expects to be > loaded from UEFI. > So he ca

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 11/03/2015, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > >> I have now found that, against my wishes, the Linux installations were >> done as "legacy BIOS" installations, instead of UEFI/GPT >> installations, so I now have a system that (after repairing the nasty >> PC-BSD

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 03:00:56PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Okay. > > In thinking about this further, I remembered that, due to the > malicious nature of MS Win8, it is installed with the nasty > UEFI->Secure Boot mode, which maliciously disables the installation of > any additional operating sy

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Rusi Mody
On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 12:40:06 PM UTC+5:30, Bret Busby wrote: > Okay. > > In thinking about this further, I remembered that, due to the > malicious nature of MS Win8, it is installed with the nasty > UEFI->Secure Boot mode, which maliciously disables the installation of > any additional o

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2015 15:46:55 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > > I have now found that, against my wishes, the Linux installations were > > done as "legacy BIOS" installations, instead of UEFI/GPT > > installations, so I now have a system that (after repairin

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-12 Thread Bret Busby
Okay. In thinking about this further, I remembered that, due to the malicious nature of MS Win8, it is installed with the nasty UEFI->Secure Boot mode, which maliciously disables the installation of any additional operating systems. And, I remember that the only way to amend that, to enable addit

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2015 23:53:37 David Wright wrote: > A Debian version gets a codename long before it gets a number, even > before it exists (like buster), and that name never changes. It only > gets a number when it's released; in fact, it gets several: wheezy has > nine so far. Thanks, David

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2015 20:59:30 Bret Busby wrote: > No, whilst for some of us find the numbers more meaningful and easier > to understand, than version names, the discussion in the other thread, > was, from my understanding, redefining the state names, rather than > the version names. > > So, y

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread David Wright
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > On 12/03/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 March 2015 16:34:15 David Wright wrote: > >> Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > >> > Debian *7*, David. Wheezy. It was released some time ago!! > >> > >> Touché. That just goes to show ho

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Bret Busby a écrit : > > So, now, what happens when one operating system is installed via > UEFI/GPT, and two are installed as BIOS/MBR, in terms of wanting to be > able to select any one of the three operating systems, to boot? Nothing special. Depending on its settings and priorities, the firmw

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Bret Busby a écrit : > > Does Debian Linux 7 amd64, install as a UEFI/GPT operating system, or, > is it strictly a "legacy BIOS"/FAT/MBR system 1) Don't associate UEFI/GPT or BIOS/FAT/MBR. UEFI and BIOS/CSM/legacy are boot schemes. GPT and MBR are partition schemes. FAT is a just a filesystem typ

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/11/2015 04:59 PM, Bret Busby wrote: On 12/03/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 11 March 2015 16:34:15 David Wright wrote: Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): On Wednesday 11 March 2015 15:46:55 David Wright wrote: Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): I have now found t

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/03/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 11 March 2015 16:34:15 David Wright wrote: >> Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): >> > On Wednesday 11 March 2015 15:46:55 David Wright wrote: >> > > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): >> > > > I have now found that, against my wishes,

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/03/2015, Bret Busby wrote: > On 11/03/2015, David Wright wrote: >> Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): >> >>> I have now found that, against my wishes, the Linux installations were >>> done as "legacy BIOS" installations, instead of UEFI/GPT >>> installations, so I now have a system

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2015 16:34:15 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > On Wednesday 11 March 2015 15:46:55 David Wright wrote: > > > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > > > > I have now found that, against my wishes, the Linux installations > > > > were do

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread David Wright
Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > On Wednesday 11 March 2015 15:46:55 David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > > > I have now found that, against my wishes, the Linux installations were > > > done as "legacy BIOS" installations, instead of UEFI/GPT > > > insta

Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread David Wright
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > I have now found that, against my wishes, the Linux installations were > done as "legacy BIOS" installations, instead of UEFI/GPT > installations, so I now have a system that (after repairing the nasty > PC-BSD installation damage) kind of works, but, t

Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT

2015-03-11 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. As has previously been posted, I have a UEFI system, which came with MS Win8 installed. I then installed Debian 7 on the system, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and, after the Debian 7 installation, the MS Win8 installation, was no longer accessible. However, I have found that the MS Win8 installat