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UEFI boot....what can I expect to see?

newzedder

Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:29:07 am

I'm about to acquire (but not ordered yet) a new desktop computer; replacing my old Dell with another one, but with a lot more memory capacity (I have quite a
lot of graphics and website stuff, plus some small-scale publishing to handle these days).
It will come with the obligatory Windows10 but I hope to get Zorin 15 (either Core or Ultimate) installed onto the
second hard drive. The thing is, being new, it'll be using the UEFI boot system, and I've never handled a computer with this on. I looked through the latest Unofficial manual and found that the link to an article on "How to manage UEFI when installing Zorin: http://dailylinuxuser.com/2016/07/how-t ... tml.....is unfortunately now a 404 page, so I can't use that.
Since I haven't committed to purchase yet, are there any problems I may face when putting Zorin on as a second OS, via this new UEFI interface?
Was looking at the Dell XPS towers; rather overkill for a Zorin, but unfortunately I'm not the only person who will be using the computer (which is why Windows10
will have to remain, for the time being).

Swarfendor437

Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:07:16 pm

Thanks for the headsup on the 404 - time to update the manual again!

Take a look here:

http://linuxbsdos.com/2015/10/31/how-to ... rd-drives/

[source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/735852/ ... ntu-on-hdd]

newzedder

Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:24:12 pm

Thanks Swarfendor that looks very helpful...I'll print it off before they decide to remove it! :D

Swarfendor437

Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:50:26 pm

Hi, Found a better thread/article for your needs:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/726972/ ... ect=1&lq=1

Here's another one too:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/ ... -with-uefi

newzedder

Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:58:25 am

Hi
Thanks for those extras too. I'm starting to get a handle on it now.