allenskd
Active Member
So this laptop I'm working got trashed really hard, DVD-ROM didn't want to work and the Wireless card got disabled. The obvious conclusion is that something is in the Windows 8.1 OS.
It was almost impossible to boot anything. It didn't want to recognize any DVDs I burned of GNU/Linux or Windows. So I had two options left for this mild issue, either setup PXE because it's a super safe bet or try with USB.
I don't like Toshiba as a laptop brand. I had problems booting in their UEFI mode, so I switched to CSM and there it was, it recognized the USB has an OS. Got rid of all partitions and install OpenSUSE 13.1 which was lying around in my HDD.
DVD-ROM started working and so did the Wireless card.
As much as I wanted to leave the system with OpenSUSE, I couldn't. Now I'm installing Windows 8.1 on it.
Needless to say, not being able to boot stuff that should be bootable SUCKS big time. This is the first time I had to deal with BIOS stuff regarding UEFI. I've installed Debian and other operative systems on other brands and they never did that.
That aside, I was heavily impressed on how polished KDE is on OpenSUSE. Probably one of the best customization ever, with a lot of handy stuff (Printer auto detection, etc)
It was almost impossible to boot anything. It didn't want to recognize any DVDs I burned of GNU/Linux or Windows. So I had two options left for this mild issue, either setup PXE because it's a super safe bet or try with USB.
I don't like Toshiba as a laptop brand. I had problems booting in their UEFI mode, so I switched to CSM and there it was, it recognized the USB has an OS. Got rid of all partitions and install OpenSUSE 13.1 which was lying around in my HDD.
DVD-ROM started working and so did the Wireless card.
As much as I wanted to leave the system with OpenSUSE, I couldn't. Now I'm installing Windows 8.1 on it.
Needless to say, not being able to boot stuff that should be bootable SUCKS big time. This is the first time I had to deal with BIOS stuff regarding UEFI. I've installed Debian and other operative systems on other brands and they never did that.
That aside, I was heavily impressed on how polished KDE is on OpenSUSE. Probably one of the best customization ever, with a lot of handy stuff (Printer auto detection, etc)