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    Kubuntu 13.04 Plasma Active

    A friend just gave me an HP Envy 2 convertible. Trying to get Kubuntu 13.04 Plasma Active on it. So far it will not boot from USB stick or a DVD drive. I have disabled secure boot in the bios and changed the boot order appropriately. There does not seem to be a legacy boot option in the bios. I do have the latest bios. Possible it is not possible to install.
    Linux because it works. No social or political motives in my decision to use it.
    Always consider Occam's Razor
    Rich

    #2
    Hi mate,

    I've done some googling and it seems you're not the only one having problems:

    http://www.linux.org/threads/cant-ge...-hp-envy.5464/

    Suggests the BIOS won't let you boot from anything other than the HDD, so maybe you need to remove the HDD and install Kubuntu to it from another machine, then put it back in?
    samhobbs.co.uk

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      #3
      Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View Post
      Hi mate,

      I've done some googling and it seems you're not the only one having problems:

      http://www.linux.org/threads/cant-ge...-hp-envy.5464/

      Suggests the BIOS won't let you boot from anything other than the HDD, so maybe you need to remove the HDD and install Kubuntu to it from another machine, then put it back in?
      Good thought, but not easily done with these tablets.
      Linux because it works. No social or political motives in my decision to use it.
      Always consider Occam's Razor
      Rich

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        #4
        Ah sorry, I forgot it was a tablet style case. Can you get to anything that looks like an EFI shell? Perhaps if you could install the shell from Windows, you could then use the shell to install Kubuntu?
        Last edited by Feathers McGraw; Feb 23, 2014, 06:37 AM.
        samhobbs.co.uk

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          #5
          Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View Post
          Ah sorry, I forgot it was a tablet style case. Can you get to anything that looks like an EFI shell? Perhaps if you could install the shell from Windows, and then use the shell to install Kubuntu?
          I will have to do some research on that. Thanks for the suggestion.
          Linux because it works. No social or political motives in my decision to use it.
          Always consider Occam's Razor
          Rich

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            #6
            You're welcome.

            This is good:

            https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...ace#UEFI_Shell
            samhobbs.co.uk

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              #7
              Thinking about it, installing rEFInd might help too. It automatically scans for all .efi stubs at boot. When I booted my computer with a live USB in it without realising, it auto detected the boot loader on the USB.

              http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#windows
              samhobbs.co.uk

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