From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 13:02:23 +0000 (+0000)
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+Title: How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8
+Tags: english, debian
+Date: 2013-05-27 15:10
+
+<p>Two days ago, I asked
+<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html">how
+I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer
+preinstalled with Windows 8</a>.  I found a solution, but am horrified
+with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users with Windows 8.</p>
+
+<p>I never found out if the cause of my problems were the use of UEFI
+secure booting or fast boot.  I suspect fast boot was the problem,
+causing the firmware to boot directly from HD without considering any
+key presses and alternative devices, but do not know UEFI settings
+enough to tell.</p>
+
+<p>There is no way to install Linux on he machine in question without
+opening the box and disconnecting the hard drive!  This is as far as I
+can tell, the only way to get access to the firmware setup menu
+without accepting the Windows 8 license agreement.  I am told (and
+found description on how to do it) that it is possible to configure
+the firmware setup once booted into Windows 8.  But as I believe the
+terms of that agreement are completely unacceptable for anyone
+actually reading the content, accepting the license was never an
+alternative.</p>
+
+<p>I feared I had to return the laptops and ask for a refund, and
+waste many hours on this, but luckily there was a way to get it to
+work.  But I would not recommend it to anyone planning to run Linux on
+it, and I have become sceptical to Windows 8 certified laptops.  Is
+this the way Linux will be forced out of the market place, by making
+it close to impossible for "normal" users to install Linux without
+accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms?</p>
+
+<p>I've updated the
+<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Linux Laptop
+wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV</a>, to ensure the next person
+do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the
+machine.</p>
+
+<p>Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching,
+Michalel Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.</p>