Re: [tlug] linux installed on lenovo ideapad

[steve <sjs@example.com>]

On 10/26/24 05:31, Christian Horn wrote:

> If courious enough, one could
> - setup a KVM guest with uefi
> - make a copy of the files/nvram (the backend which KVM/qemu
>   present in the guest as uefi)
> - install windows 11
> - and compare the files/nvram at that point
>
> To the least, Windows will add an entry to the uefi boot menu,
> i.e. what you see with "efibootmgr".  You might have to get an
> idea on where in the files this is, to distinguish this change
> from further changes.
>     
    Don't know...  I sent the Thinkpad back and didn't check before the
    full; windows install.  Afterward the BIOS had Safe Boot turned of
    (I don't think that was the default in the past) and the UEFI/Legacy
    stuff you have to diddle with before it would boot a linux thumb
    drive was gone.

I can't go back there.  I actually wanted to do a dual boot but at one point I hit a wall where the only way to proceed was to "log in to my Microsoft account..." so I could reap the full benefits of Windows.  At that point I brought up Ubuntu, started the Disks app and wiped the drive.  On that Thinkpad a couple of weeks ago (again, windows 11) at this point in the install, it asked if this was a business machine or personal use.  If personal you couldn't proceed without logging into Microsoft.  If business you couldn't proceed without giving a valid email.  By valid I mean something like Nobody@example.com wouldn't work.

Besides I've had problems in the past on my dual boot systems where they changed BIOS settings during an update.

Until a couple of years ago I tried to do dual-boot on my systems 'cause you know, some day I might need Windows.  It seemed that the only time I booted into Windows was to refresh the OS though.  And this time I really didn't put too much effort into dual boot.

    Steve S.