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From: Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:46:53
Message-Id: 20141219154643.GD4925@ns1.bonedaddy.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts by Mick
1 * Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> [141219 10:22]:
2 [SNIP]
3 > I am trying to find out what is considered good practice as far as UEFI/MBR
4 > and boot management goes.
5
6 FWIW, I've built recent machines with UEFI/GPT but I mostly build recent
7 machines using BIOS-mode/GPT or MBR. It usually depends on how well the
8 mobo I'm using works with either.
9
10 Some of the mobos I've used have some seriously crummy UEFI
11 implementations that look like they installed Windows and that worked so
12 didn't bother testing any further.
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14 I don't dual-boot windows so BIOS/GPT works OK (I believe windows still
15 assumes UEFI == GPT and BIOS == MBR but I don't know.)
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17 Obviously I'm not using secure boot if I'm running in BIOS mode.
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19 Just my $.02,
20
21 Todd

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Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>