Boot Linux on SVE1513H1ESI from CD or USB

[Cults14]

Hi, hope someone can help.

I need to boot a SVE1513H1ESI (Win8 pre-installed) into Linux either from a USB stick or CD.  This is for forensic purposes, we want to wipe the internal drive of a computer that's come back to us.

I have re-set the boot order in BIOS to USB then CD then Internal HDD.  However, booting from a USB stick with Ubuntu (it's the USB implementation of RAPTOR 2.5) SEEMS to work but crashes shortly after the spash screen.  I can boot from a Win7 USB stick no problem, I just don't have any wiping applications installed 😞  Not yet anyway

If I try to boot from a Linux CD (DBAN), I get a "No configuration file" error

Can anyone help?  Other than to suggest putting a portable wiping application on my Win7 USB stick?

[Blencogo]

Hi Cults14 and welcome.

This has been a problem since Windows 8 Secure Boot was implemented.  You can always turn off Secure Boot.

Does anything here help?

http://www.neowin.net/news/linux-foundation-releases-its-solution-to-boot-linux-on-windows-8-pcs

http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/linux-foundation-secure-boot-system-released/