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On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Friday 19 Dec 2014 15:46:43 Todd Goodman wrote: |
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>> * Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> [141219 10:22]: |
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>>> I am trying to find out what is considered good practice as far as |
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>>> UEFI/MBR and boot management goes. |
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>> FWIW, I've built recent machines with UEFI/GPT but I mostly build recent |
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>> machines using BIOS-mode/GPT or MBR. It usually depends on how well the |
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>> mobo I'm using works with either. |
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>> Some of the mobos I've used have some seriously crummy UEFI |
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>> implementations that look like they installed Windows and that worked so |
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>> didn't bother testing any further. |
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>> I don't dual-boot windows so BIOS/GPT works OK (I believe windows still |
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>> assumes UEFI == GPT and BIOS == MBR but I don't know.) |
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> Are you saying that there is no benefit in moving to UEFI for Linux usage, if |
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> the MoBo can boot in conventional BIOS mode? |
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The advantage of efi over bios is that the boot loader doesn't have to |
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embed anything in the mbr, the post mbr gap, or the bios boot |
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partition. |
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