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Originally Posted by Neramo
Been messing around a bit with Linux earlier, and would love to have a dual boot with Windows 8.1 and Debian on my gaming machine gaming machine, but only have Windows on it atm cause i struggle with getting Dual Boot to work with 64 bits windows :-(
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Originally Posted by IchbinkeinTeufel
I ran into a similar issue. It was that I have a convoluted UEFI setup and Windows 8.1 which complicated things. Just 64-bit with a standard BIOS I had no issues, although I think that was paired up with Windows 7 at the time. Wouldn't know what to suggest, but that is the nature of Linux... for some it works, for some it doesn't. :\ I miss the regular BIOS. x_x
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I did manage to install Linux Mint.
I had two problems, both which I got work arounds for.
Firstly... my HDD already has 3 primary partitions courtesy of Windows. That meant I had to put Linux all on a single partition with no swap space. I've not found any issues having no swap space at the moment. I might create a swap file at some point though.
My other bigger issue was after installation, I restarted & it loaded straight to Mint with no boot menu. After I fixed the boot menu, it still wasn't showing an option for Windows. The application I had allowed me to restore the MBR though & I was then able to load Windows & add Mint to the Windows boot menu. Not quite motivated enough to research why Windows is not being recognised by Linux... not too much of an issue right now.
As far as I can tell, I have UEFI but for some inexplicable reason I can only run it in legacy mode. I just read something which makes me think that when my HDD got replaced, they installed Windows in legacy mode as opposed to booted in UEFI.
I believe there are some issues with some distros & UEFI, but it's just a case of disabling or enabling some options.