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Open Source and Free Software

hobbit709

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10. All the new boards have it.

Reply to madokie (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 5, 2014, 06:27 PM

Mar 2014

You can change the setting but they try to not make it easy. I had a new Lenovo laptop that the customer wanted 7 on it instead of 8. I had to change 3 separate settings in the BIOS before the internal DVD drive would boot from either 7 or Linux.

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Would I be able to put linux on this machine [View all] madokie Feb 2014 OP

Sure, just make sure to get the amd64 rather than x86 version of whatever distro you use Recursion Feb 2014 #1

Thanks. madokie Feb 2014 #2

Shhh Recursion Feb 2014 #3

Looks like I could just lay the SSD drive on the bottom of the case if I wanted to madokie Feb 2014 #4

You may defacto7 Feb 2014 #5

I guess I am tired. Sorry to double post. defacto7 Feb 2014 #6

You may have to screw with the BIOS settings. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #7

Thank you very much. madokie Mar 2014 #8

Is there a mother board that doesn't have this UEFI bios madokie Mar 2014 #9

All the new boards have it. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #10