by wintpe » Jan 18th, '13, 13:18
I have an asus zenbook prime that is armed with secure boot and comes preinstalled with windows 8.
ive wiped windows 8 from the computer and installed mageia 2.
you must disable secure boot in the bios and then enable the compatibility mode, which seems to have several names.
asus calls the option "Launch CSM", its usualy disabled and needs to be enabled , if you disable it after installing mageia it will fail to boot, till its enabled again.
what it does i think is put back the int based bios that a traditional PC of old has. Without this the PC has no traditional int based bios and older OS#s even windows XP will not boot.
Mageia 1 and 2 and all versions of mandriva are all based on the same boot system, and require this option, and that WONT change in mageia 3 i think.
anyhow the upshot of it is, im not sure if multi OS boot can be supported under this env with windows 8 and mageia, but frankly dont care, as im not about to ever adopt windows 8 as an operating system, anymore that i would macosx or ubuntu.
what i would recomend is people try to use mageia as the main OS , lean to achieve all thing you need under it, (this can be achieved with a bit of learning and work, and install windows XP or windows 7 under virtual box, or use wine, even crossoveroffice if its still going to bridge areas where needed, and as for games, use an xbox/playstation/wii, theres anough choice out there.
anyhow this is my opinion, im entitled to it.
regards peter
Redhat 6 Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Sometimes my posts will sound short, or snappy, however its realy not my intention to offend, so accept my apologies in advance.