Unless your computer is pretty old, it probably uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot. The idea is that a bootloader picks up files from an EFI partition and uses them to start ...

A computer science student at Purdue University has managed to boot Linux using Google Drive. This project began as a fun challenge to match a peer’s success in booting Linux from NFS (Network File ...

Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are addressed. Dual booting requires that space be made on the hard ...

The machine is still booting, however it is now outputing to a different console instead of your serial device. That last line would be the last line printed by the kernel during normal bootup, after ...

Dual booting Windows and Linux has long been an enjoyable experience for users who want the best of both worlds, but a recent security update from Microsoft seems to have broken it. Users who have the ...

Hello. I have a laptop with WinXP currently installed. I also have an external HD, which I use as backup / extra storage space. I would like to install linux on this HD, and have it boot properly. Ive ...

I'd like to do more with Linux (this happens periodically). What is the state of dual booting Windows and Linux on laptops in 2022? The last time I tried this I had a world of hurt with UEFI vs BIOS ...

Microsoft’s latest set of updates delivered during patch Tuesday is causing headaches for users who are dual booting Linux alongside Windows. One of the updates issued was supposed to address a ...

a Windows Update that delivers security updates and bug fixes. It has been reported that this update has caused devices configured to run both Windows and Linux to be unable to boot. The Windows ...