04-30-2015, 07:30 PM
Yes, you're right Dave about taking notes - I try and do that as I go along - so easily forgotten if you don't record or use it regularly...
I learnt something yesterday I didn't know before: it's impossible to install win7 on a fresh drive in UEFI (only possible with CMS) on on a laptop that has had the original drive (preinstalled with win8.1) removed... So UEFI means that secure boot is not backwardly compatible - that's a shame and a real nuisance as secure boot appears to make a very significant difference to speed as I've noticed with the LL/win8.1 dual-boot with UEFI fully enabled (fast boot & secure boot on).
Mike
I learnt something yesterday I didn't know before: it's impossible to install win7 on a fresh drive in UEFI (only possible with CMS) on on a laptop that has had the original drive (preinstalled with win8.1) removed... So UEFI means that secure boot is not backwardly compatible - that's a shame and a real nuisance as secure boot appears to make a very significant difference to speed as I've noticed with the LL/win8.1 dual-boot with UEFI fully enabled (fast boot & secure boot on).
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work