New PC with UEFI

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gpatrick

I bought a new HP p2-1394 with Windows 8.

In the Secure Boot Configuration I have enabled legacy support and disabled secure boot.

In the boot order I have for UEFI: CD/DVD, USB Floppy/CD, USB Hard Drive, Windows Boot Manager and for Legacy Boot Sources: CD/DVD, USB Floppy/CD, Hard Drive, Network Controller.

When I exit the BIOS and save the changes it gives this no matter if I try to boot with a bootable CD or a bootable USB stick:
Code: 
ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed.
If I power the thing off and back on the evil Windows 8 boots. How do I get something else installed other than *$&@ing Windows?

Right now I am pressing F9 during boot and selecting the device since it doesn't seem to want to use the boot order set in BIOS.
 
gpatrick said:
Right now I am pressing F9 during boot and selecting the device since it doesn't seem to want to use the boot order set in BIOS.
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There doesn't seem to be any other way currently. Mine always boots FreeBSD (it tries legacy boot first) and to get Windows I have to use the UEFI/BIOS boot selector.
 
First of all, this thread at least got me pointed in the right direction, so Thank You.
When turning the computer on, I repeatedly pressed the f10 key. The Bios screen came up. I found the Secure Boot Configuration. I disabled the secure boot first and didn't change or delete the security key, then enabled legacy support. I made sure the boot order was cd/dvd first in the Boot Order section. Then saved the configuration and exited the bios. Another screen immediately popped up, which gave me a number code to type in and then press enter. After that, the cd/dvd began spinning and it booted to the setup screen.
BTW, I was installing on a new hard drive, not dual boot. I couldn't figure out how to get windows 8 off the hard drive that came with the computer, so a bought another one.
HTH someone.
 
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