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Operating Systems Linux Clean Install of Linux on Laptop Post 302912470 by Corona688 on Friday 8th of August 2014 12:01:36 PM
Old 08-08-2014
The new kind of BIOS is indeed a problem. You will need to do some wrangling to get any kind of installation media to boot at all.

I too have heard horror stories of laptops which simply will not boot anything but their hard drive, but I haven't actually found anything that bad yet. I've always been able to make them boot one way or another.

Ubuntu may be the easiest to start with. Their CD's may actually be recognized as 'valid' media even without having to drag "secure boot" away kicking and screaming, and its installer knows how to deal with modern machines.
 

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