16 Jul
2020
16 Jul
'20
8:40 a.m.
Hi Felmon,
On 16/07/2020 02:17, Felmon Davis wrote:
I have a new notebook I want to install Debian/Trinity
on.
'Secure Boot' is turned on. maybe this doesn't account for the problems
I'm
having but my question is about it.
in the BIOS I can turn it off but it says doing so "requires platform reset."
turning it off within Windows simply reboots to the BIOS.
I can't figure out if this is just another word for 'reboot' or does it have
other consequences? googling yields no clear (or trustworthy) answer.
it's an Asus Zenbook with Windows 10 Home; BIOS is American Megatrends version 300.
No answer about "platform reset" maybe I simply do not remember but - I have
installed Linux Mint / Mate (including Trinity) on two Asus Zenbooks without a
problem. The last was a Zenbook Flip of a friend.
My Bios tells me:
Platform Mode User
Secure Boot Disabled
Secure Boot Control [Disabled]
On my Laptop I can reboot into original Windows 10.
sudo fdisk -l gives me
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 534527 532480 260M EFI System
/dev/sda2 534528 567295 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda3 567296 117864447 117297152 56G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4 117864448 485423041 367558594 175.3G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 499095552 500117503 1021952 499M Windows recovery env.
/dev/sda6 485423104 499095551 13672448 6.5G Linux swap
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
On her Laptop I moved the original installed Windows into a VirtualBox image
according to
https://www.gaulnet.de/physical-to-virtual-p2v-windows-pc-in-virtualbox-kop…
and
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2206-hyper-v-create-use-vhd-windows-10-…
formatteded the disk, installed Linux and installed Windows inside VB. All works
well. No access to her Laptop at the moment.
Hope that helps
Gerhard
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