[Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)]

Tom Metro wrote:
> I'm confused. Either "VPN" was a typo, or I'm unfamiliar with what it
> means in the context you are referring to. It sounds like you are
> talking about virtualization.

Yeah... I think Laura means VM, not VPN. But as you say, there's nothing
special about installing a guest on a hypervisor on Windows 8.


> It sounds like your first approach was to install Ubuntu onto an SD
> card, and use that to dual-boot the machine, but your BIOS refused to
> boot from it.

While most built-in card readers are USB behind the scenes they're
usually not generic mass storage devices which means they can't be used
for boot partitions. A given reader may be accessible by the boot loader
on the system drive so you may be able to boot that way but that depends
on the specific hardware.

Ubuntu used to have an option for installation onto an image file on a
Windows system drive and using that to multi-boot. I don't know if
recent releases still provide the option.

-- 
Rich P.