>
>I confess I don’t dislike grub2, but I am afraid to try it.
>
>So before any install I back up the mbr on to a memory stick with an
>appropriate ‘dd’ command (with custom arguments), and then I install
>only from DVD and I am careful to select the legacy grub, with
>appropriate settings. Thus far that legacy grub install has worked fine
>for me in 12.2 and 12.3 milestone, beta and RC versions.
>
>I did put Grub2 (from a 64-bit openSUSE-12.2 KDE install) on my Dell
>Studio 1537 laptop, but that has a very very very simple partioning, of
>only Windows7 and openSUSE. No other OS partitions. Maybe later this
>year I might get bold enough to try grub2 on a more complex multiple
>hard drive with multiple partitioning setup.
Lucky you. I haven’t had such sweet options on my new laptop. It came
with Win8, which i detest. I upgraded it with Win7. Trying to install
openSuse 12.1 64-bit, well, doesn’t quite work. There is a bug report.
OTOH the configuration which is already GPT/UEFI is something i do not
want to change, i am more interested in figuring out how to make it work.
I think my Dell Studio 1537 laptop (with Win7 and openSUSE-12.2 in a dual boot) went smoothly with grub2 as the partitioning was very simple. sda1=win7. sda4=extended. sda5/6 = openSUSE.
I hope to purchase an Ultrabook in 2 months time, and likely it will come with Windows8. I hope to put openSUSE-12.3 on that Ultrabook in a dual boot,and when I do I may run into some of the complexities that you and others have wrt Win8, secure BIOS settings, and grub2.
I hope to purchase an Ultrabook in 2 months time, and likely it will
come with Windows8. I hope to put openSUSE-12.3 on that Ultrabook in a
dual boot,and when I do I may run into some of the complexities that you
and others have wrt Win8, secure BIOS settings, and grub2.
Hi
Grub2 should be working with secure boot fine…
Even non secure, I much prefer UEFI booting , I use
gummiboot with it’s nice simple screen and easy configuration…
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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