How to dual boot Fedora 16 and Windows 8 given that I only have Fedora 16 iso file?

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e.mccormick · Answer

You can boot an ISO from USB, make a CD/DVD of the ISO, and there are other choices.

e.mccormick · Answer

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SecureBoot http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/16863.html

alienium · Answer

or you can install both (Windows always primary)

anonymous · Answer

since you have windows 8 already on the system. It would be easy to directly install it on the PC. Create a partition and install fedora 16 on it, and when you installed it and when the system boots up the grub window shows you which os you want to boot.

e.mccormick · Answer

Actually, it looks like you may need to change some settings in the machine. If the the manufacturer used UEFI: $\textbf{Fedora}$ $\textbf{16}$ $\textbf{will}$ $\textbf{not}$ $\textbf{load}$. It does not support SecureBoot. You would need a newer version of Fedora or to turn off UEFI on the machine. Here is a post by one of the Fedora developers about where in the Fedora chain that SecureBoot is added: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html

anonymous · Answer

Thanks everyone. I decided to install a virtual machine on my laptop instead, and it works. :)