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Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:58 am
by Foxxy
Hello, I want to dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS. I have been trying to make a bootable flash drive with the instructions listed inside of the download files, and on the wiki. Neither of the solutions work for me, I get error 0xc000007b. I was wondering if anyone could provide a clear and concise solution to my problem.
Re: Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:01 pm
by hidnplayr
Your computer most likely uses UEFI firmware instead of BIOS.
If this is the case, you cannot run KolibriOS on it unfortunately.
Re: Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:24 pm
by Foxxy
There is no way to disable UEFI? I have been able to boot from Linux before.
Re: Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:28 pm
by hidnplayr
UEFI is not just a feature, it's a firmware system, like BIOS is another (older) firmware system.
Linux has UEFI support, KolibriOS does have this (yet).
Re: Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:17 pm
by seppe
If you can set the bios of your PC to boot from a USB flash drive,
then you can preview the progress of KolibriOS without affecting your own operating system.
Download
ftp://kolibrios.org/users/seppe/kinst.exe to a USB flash drive,
and run it from there with administrator rights.
The application installs the English version of kolibri OS release 5127.
The USB flash drive should boot on any x86 PC. Enjoy . . .
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Re: Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:21 pm
by seppe
Foxxy wrote:There is no way to disable UEFI? I have been able to boot from Linux before.
Some brands (like my HP650 laptop) let you choose between UEFI or legacy bios.
Other brands (like my new Packard Bell) only sypport UEFI.
Re: Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:29 am
by Foxxy
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you yet, college started. Anyway, I tried the utility on my 16gb Cruzer flashdrive, and attempted to boot from it. Not only did it not boot from it, but it doesn't even seem to attempt to. It just loads Windows 8.1.
Re: Dual boot Windows 8.1/KolibriOS?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:59 am
by seppe
Foxxy wrote:I tried the utility on my 16gb Cruzer flashdrive, but it doesn't boot.
If the kinst.exe application showed the success message, then your flashdrive became a Kolibri boot drive.
Now you need to instruct your PC to boot from your flashdrive (in legacy bios mode) when your pc starts up.
If you search for "how to boot legacy bios" on google you will find several helpfull sites.
The method (keys and menu's) depends on the brand of your pc.
As an example the site for "acer" :
http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/answer ... -to-legacy
As I mentioned before, some newer brands dont support legacy bios.
Hope this helps. Please let us know.