Hi! Holger,

On 10/29/2016 11:48 AM, you wrote to me:

 TL>>> Bummer, so Windows is locked into firmware is it, and no way to
 TL>>> boot/install any other OS?  And I agree, I'd want to be able to
 TL>>> load Linux in almost all of my use cases.

 HG> The only way known to me, to be able to use the OS/2 Boot Manager, is to
 HG> install OS/2 first, and then install whatever operating system.

My new HP wouldn't have allowed even that.  It required a three step process to
achieve even a 'normal' start point:

* access BIOS and tell it show a POST screen on boot;
* deactivate "secure boot"; and
* change the UEFI settings to allow for an alternate boot source.

 PQ>> Are you guys talking about recent desktops?  (That sounds a lot like
 PQ>> this beast I'm currently driving.)

 HG> The problem is, that installing OS/2 on a modern machine with multiple
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 HG> to first install OS/2, and from there then partition the rest of the HD
 HG> for another Op.sys.

That was all wasted on me, Holger.  I'm a happy Linux driver on that HP PC now,
with most of a 1Tb drive dedicated to it (except for visualized PCs).

Oh, and I did consider a dual boot option between Windows 8.1/10 & something
Linuxie until I saw a EwwToob video by a bloke named Joe Collins.  He reminded
me of some of my exploits over the years with dual booting, and I decided not
to.

 HG> The problem is though, that I don't have a Windows 10p CD to make a new
 HG> installation :o)

Not unusual for me.  I don't have any CDs, oh except for some Win98SE & XP
ones... for machines that now only run in VirtualBox (vBox) PCs.  All of my
Linux hardware & vBox-ed PCs have been booted from USB sticks, imbued with ISO
images downloaded from the inter-webs.

Cheers,
Paul.

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