Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:02:28 -0700 (PDT) > jwyeth.arch at gmail.com wrote: > >> Any Windows 8 laptop requires "secure boot" does it not? If I'm not >> mistaken that's where your issues stem from. > > The second-last step in my little how-to list is "set secure boot off". > None of those laptops worked with Centos 6 after that. (I tried Acer, > Asus, Lenovo and HP -- everything in the store from the cheapest one up to > about $800 or so.) > You sure there was no *separate* thing to check to ->enable<- "legacy boot"? mark