After using EasyBCD to set up a dual W8/Linux boot, I got a blinking cursor when booting Linux. I then enabled "boot from external device" in the BIOS and now it works.
Does the solution make sense? Is such a setting required to allow require booting from a non-MBR partition? Are there similar BIOS settings required to allow EasyBCD to work? I'm glad it's working, but I want to make sure I understand in order to avoid future issues.
Details: I have Sony Vaio VPCSA3AFX with Windows 8.1 Pro on one partition and Scientific Linux 6.5/GRUB 0.97 on the other. GRUB was installed onto /boot during installation.
Help appreciated, thanks!
Does the solution make sense? Is such a setting required to allow require booting from a non-MBR partition? Are there similar BIOS settings required to allow EasyBCD to work? I'm glad it's working, but I want to make sure I understand in order to avoid future issues.
Details: I have Sony Vaio VPCSA3AFX with Windows 8.1 Pro on one partition and Scientific Linux 6.5/GRUB 0.97 on the other. GRUB was installed onto /boot during installation.
Help appreciated, thanks!