Dual Boot 14.04 and 8.1

[Daniel Villarreal]

I was reading about Robolinux at http://distrowatch.com/

Might that help? I haven't tried using VM's very much lately, but I
don't have a spare MS license for Windows 7, otherwise I would test
options like this.

regards,
Daniel Villarreal
http://www.youcanlinux.org/

On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 4:47 PM, CrankyOldBugger
<crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Normally I'd agree, Doug, but if we want Linux to be the primary (base) OS
> instead of Windows, and the laptop ships with Windows installed, and if
> William wipes the HDD then installs Linux, then builds a Virtual box Windows
> 8.1 guest, there is a possibility that he won't be able to use his Windows
> license in the VM.  I've heard of cases of this happening.  Sorry for the
> run-on sentence!
>
> If William a few spare 8.1 licenses lying around (say from before they
> closed TechNet) then he should be ok to build a 8.1 VM.
>
> But if he wants to leave Windows as the host OS, then install Linux into a
> VM, that should work fine.  But who wants that?  lol
>
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> On 8 May 2014 16:40, Doug Penner <darwinsurvivor at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  VirtualBox with USB passthrough could also be a viable solution.
>> On 14-05-08 13:05 CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>> Would Wine work instead of dual-boot?
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>> On 8 May 2014 15:56, William Frick <frickwg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Haven't riun windows on my machines since 6.04 but a 3dscanner i funded is
>> coming with windoze software first, then OSX and linux when they get to
>> it.....
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>> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:07 PM, CrankyOldBugger
>> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Have the UEFI turned on before you start the install.  Ubuntu notices if
>> it's on or off, then installs accordingly.  Windows will want it on anyway,
>> so probably best to set both OS to use UEFI/Secure Boot.
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>> At least, that's been my experience with 13.04.  By 13.10 I was running
>> Ubuntu by itself, no more Windows.
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>> On 8 May 2014 14:47, William Frick <frickwg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Just got my HP Sleekbook and want to dual boot to 14.04...... Is there any
>> thing I should be watching out for in the install ?
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