[olug] Fwd: Posting to the OLUG

[Rob Townley]

+1 for an EFI talk

Cool that Linux can be the "agent" within EFI and on top of EFI to serve as
the "bootloader".
On Jan 6, 2014 11:37 AM, "Kevin Lane" <krlane at hotmail.com> wrote:

> A presentation on EFI/UEFI is a good suggestion, and I'dbe willing to give
> it if the group would like.
> Really, EFI/UEFI is not so much an issue, as most of the majorLinux
> distributions have supported it for a while now.The MAJOR obstacle is
> "Secure Boot" and how it is implemented.IF you can turn it off (Secure
> Boot) in your machines BIOS (UEFI), thendo so, and you should not have any
> problems installing Linux and Windowsalong side each other.Getting Linux to
> work with Secure Boot is the pain point, and that wouldbe the majority of a
> presentation on Linux and EFI/UEFI.
> Kevin
>
> > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 07:19:13 -0600
> > From: roberson at bstc.net
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: [olug] Fwd: Posting to the OLUG
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: DeUndre' Rushon <djrushon at gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: Posting to the OLUG
> > To: Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net>
> >
> >
> > I was just trying to install Ubuntu 13.10 with Windows 8.1 which includes
> > the EFI boot partition.  I do not have any experience with the EFI
> option.
> >  Just curious if someone in the group probably has done a presentation or
> > implement the dual-booting.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't recall any.. And there has been a lot of changes lately
> especially
> > > regarding EFI/UEFI boot options, and the needed grub (boot loader)
> options
> > > for "secure boot"
> > >
> > > Any event, a great question for the list!
> > >
> > > Did you have a specific question we could help with?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 5, 2014, at 2:03 PM, "DeUndre' Rushon" <djrushon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings Brian:
> > >
> > > Has there been any seminars or meetings on proper Linux installation
> and
> > > partitioning schemes for dual booting within the OLUG?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >> On Dec 30, 2013, at 7:03 PM, "DeUndre' Rushon" <djrushon at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I'm new to the group.  What is the process to post inquiries to
> members
> > >> of OLUG?
> > >>
> > >>
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