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Old 12-05-2013
Installing RHEL over Windows 7 or 8
Hi,

Sorry if this is an incorrect place for this question but I haven't been able to find any answers by searching the forums or on google. I am in the market for a new HP Z420 workstation and HP wants a lot more money for one with the HP Linux Installer kit vs. the exact same configuration in Windows 7 or 8 64 bit. Is there some hidden architectural difference between the workstations preventing me from just installing RHEL from my own discs over the Windows operating system?

Thanks.

Russ
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Old 12-05-2013
The only issue I could think of would be working around the Secure Boot feature.

And to do that, you can either install a version of Linux with support for Secure Boot, or just go into the BIOS and disable it and install any flavor of Linux you wish.
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Old 12-06-2013
You should be able to instal RHEL without any problems. Just disable Secure Boot as RHEL5 and RHEL6 use a modified GRUB 0.97.
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