Window 8 in efi mode and Ubuntu in legacy bios mode

[Jim Byrnes]

On 10/22/2013 03:25 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 22 October 2013 02:16, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I am again trying to dual boot Win 8 and Ubuntu 13.10 on a Toshiba laptop,
>> though a different one this time.
>>
>> The only way I can get the live DVD to boot to a usable desktop is to turn
>> off the efi boot and put nomodeset in grub.
>
> Can you define exactly what you mean by "turn off the efi boot".  This
> is a lot of confusion in this area when people talk about uefi, secure
> boot, etc.  It is important to be clear about exactly what is meant.
>
> Colin
>

Interrupting the boot process by hitting F2 to get to the setup screen 
(normally I would say bios but that might be confusing now).  There is a 
line saying uefi "enabled".  I disabled this which put it in csm mode, 
which is a compatibility mode. Also I did disable secure boot.

Regards,  Jim