Also, some possibly related bugs: SecureBoot enabled causes Win 8 UEFI to not start from grub https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170245#c23 After a BIOS install of Fedora to a hard disk containing a UEFI install of Windows 8, the Windows 8 install fails to boot https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971255 In particular dual boot scenarios, mixing UEFI and BIOS installations is fraught with problems. Some people manage to get it to work. They lucky or have esoteric knowledge. For sane mortal people, I suggest keeping it UEFI+GPT only for all installed OS's; or BIOS+MBR only for all installed OS's. At least for Fedora, it's really not practical to support mixed installations. There are just too many things that can go wrong, the on-disk layout is a mess... and while all of that should be self-describing and should work if everyone followed the specs, the reality is, it's a pain. Pretty much UEFI (with or without Secure Boot enabled) should just work. And if there are problems, they're bugs we need to try to fix. Some bugs are installer, kernel, or bootloader bugs. Many bugs are firmware bugs. But it's important to file good clean bug reports or this stuff isn't going to get better any faster. (A tiny point is that some firmware can tolerate BIOS+GPT, meanwhile others faceplant, so either just use MBR or be prepared to test GPT.) Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
