Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Change EFI to BIOS Boot
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:21:33
Message-Id: 20140414082113.5ad564cb@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Change EFI to BIOS Boot by Facu Curti
1 On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 19:21:56 -0300, Facu Curti wrote:
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3 > > > When I installed gentoo, I do that with UEFI, and gpt partitions.
4 > > > But right now, I tried to install XEN, and this not works with EFI.
5 > > > I cant wait until somebody fix this problem, So i'm thinking to
6 > > > change "EFI" to "BIOS" boot.
7
8 > I could not fix it, so I'm going to format the computer. I will make a
9 > backup from system,format as ms_dos, and then restore backup.
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11 The partition table format is not the same as the bootloader. It is quite
12 possible to use GPT partition tables with BIOS firmware, as long as you
13 have that 1MB partition of type EF02 at the start of the table.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty but only the pig enjoys it.

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