I tried to install Ubuntu 13.10 on my Windows 8.1 Pro laptop. Now installing it as a gen 1 works fine but installing it as a gen 2 does not. I have to disable secure boot to get anything to happen which is expected but when I disable it i just get into grub version 2 with a couple options. No matter which i choose I get a blank screen and nothing happens. am I doing something wrong or am I missing any steps or is Hyper-v not going to be able to run Ubuntu as a gen 2 virtual machine?
I have a ubuntu machine running several samba shares. my windows 7 pcs show this machine in file explorer under networking. when I click on it I can see my shares and access them. However my windows 8 laptop does not show the machine under networking. I have to tell windows to map the network drive and set it up that way. Does anyone know how to get the comp to show up under networking so I don't have to have each share mounted as a drive? I just find it looks less cluttered in file explorer that way