Re: installing Fedora on ASUS R503U

[Adrian Sevcenco <Adrian.Sevcenco@xxxxxxx>]

On 06/04/2016 07:33 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 19:23:11 +0200 Adrian Sevcenco
> <Adrian.Sevcenco@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 06/04/2016 07:09 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > > On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 18:55:46 +0200 Adrian Sevcenco
> > > <Adrian.Sevcenco@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 06/04/2016 06:20 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to install Fedora on an old ASUS R503U which
> > > > > came with Windoze8. The boot options in the BIOS have Windoze
> > > > > Boot Manager, Generic USB, etc. My plan is to install Fedora
> > > > > and wipe out the other
> > > > i think that you are in UEFI mode and you see the Windows
> > > > Manager that registered itself to EUFI list of bootables ...
> > > > you can choose "sda" (your actual drive) and then install a
> > > > linux.
> > >
> > > So, do I add a new boot and say "/dev/sda" or just sda? Again, I
> > > am
> > i think that it's only a list you can choose from ... don't you
> > have an sda in the list?
>
> The "list" includes Windoze Manager, Generic Flash, UEFI Flash, etc,
> no sda.
>
> However, there is a "Add Boot" something option. Clicking on that
> asks for what to add. I presume that I should add the name of the
> partition here?
i have no idea .. you should check the user guide of that machine
but it would not hurt just to play around and see what happens..
if you want to reinstall anyway you have nothing to lose..

Adrian

> Many thanks, Ranjan

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