uefi

Given a choice to install and run a Linux distro, is it better to choose BIOS or UEFI? If the answer is "It depends", then what does the choice depend on? Does the choice of BIOS or UEFI matter if the distro is being installed on a virtual machine vs. real hardware?

I was wanting to do 2 things expand my Ubuntu Partition and change from Legacy Bios to UEFI. I was not thinking and deleted the Windows partition from the hard drive. Then I expanded the Ubuntu partition into all of the Windows Partition. I tried to use Boot-repair-disk to repair the drive and...

Hi everyone, I've decided to write here because I couldn't find the answer to my problem anywhere else on the web. I managed to create a bootable USB with an ISO file of Neptune 7.0 distro. After first attempts, I was unable to boot into Neptune Live. The solution that I found was changing the...

Hi there, my old Intel i7 (1st Gen) system just got toasted. Once again the motherboard failed. I can only get these used anyway and since the system is 12 years old (worked great in all these years with about 20 different Linux flavors) and it is already the 5th motherboard I ruined, I...

Hello. I bought the laptop a few days ago without an operating system. Since then I tried to install Ubuntu and was challenged with several errors. I used 'Rufus' to create UEFI and BIOS/UEFI bootable USB, and every time I selected Ubuntu to be installed, the computer showed the following...

In a nutshell: When it comes to the FOSS / FOSH friendliness, should one prefer Intel over AMD, or vice versa? Which is the way to go considering the degrees of freedom in hardware? Sorry for the inconvenience, I am still a novice on Linux and at the moment, buying my first pre-installed Linux...

I'm using HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC, there are many videos online to dual boot, I'm just confused which to follow. I tried one earlier and I could not make grub menu appear on startup. I tried many things to make it appear, nothing seemed to work. So I completely uninstalled that Ubuntu...

Hi guys, I tried to install any linux distribution on my new Mac 2020 27” but I always got uefi problems. I tried to install Manjaro, the installation freeze at 92%(installing bootloader), I tried to install ubuntu, they say “couldn't get uefi db list”, and even after I added “nomodeset noefi”...

Hey, I have a laptop that is Acer Aspire V5-431 and I want to install Linux in it but I'm having problems while installing it. I have tried two distro's till now which are Linux Mint XFCE and Zorin OS Core. It gives me an error like this [[^6~ there are multiple lines of this and then nothing...

Here are some links to a couple videos I stumbled across a while ago. I found them quite interesting and thought they might be useful to anyone having trouble booting in UEFI/EFI mode.

I'm using a ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen2 with Artix Linux. It's been going good for several months. I recently tried updating my firmware with "fwupdmgr install" on the official Lenovo cab file and it told me there were no compatible devices. I eventually gave up on using fwupd and created a usb...

I setup a dual boot with Windows, ElementaryOS, and a third operating system. I installed ElementaryOS last. I selected to have it installed on partition 3 and also elected to have the bootloader (grub) installed on partition 3 as well so that my current bootloader wouldn't be overwritten...

I came here, humbly, to submit you my problem : I tried, many times, to install different Linux distros, in cohabitation with Windows 10, on a Dual boot, without success. I try to install these distros on a 500 GB SDD. The Windows partition is 60 GB. It can be less, I know <3 I'm french, so I...

Xinuli Xunilu Xuinl, dear Linux community! I sincerely beg pardon for molesting you with a lengthy introduction, but it is optional to read it. If you do not have the spare time to do so, then jump straight to the section that starts: With this in my mind,... To boot with, I would like to...

Hey guys, so I had this setup before on my previous laptop, but on my Dell XPS 9370 it is proving to be troublesome. I am trying to have the Debian-based Parrot Security 4.1 distro dualboot alongside Windows 10, and after messing with some BIOS settings (I had to turn SecureBoot off before I...

Hi, i bought a windows 10 hp 15-bw033wm touchscreen a12 to multi boot with kali and possibly knoppix as a diagnostic machine, however i cannot rearrange my boot loader, i was wondering if there was a way to i have not thoight of, or doni have to install grub on the windows management ufei drive...