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| From: | mp <masterprometheus666@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | [gentoo-user] Re: EFI-based bootloader for BIOS-based computers (?) | ||
| Date: | Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:59:07 | ||
| Message-Id: | le3gf1$dm7$1@ger.gmane.org | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] EFI-based bootloader for BIOS-based computers (?) by walt |
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| 1 | walt wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > I just spotted that phrase in the sourceforge newsletter: |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | > http://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/ |
| 6 | > |
| 7 | > and it seems to me like an oxymoron. If that phrase makes |
| 8 | > logical sense then my definitions of 'BIOS' and 'EFI' need |
| 9 | > the latest updates :) |
| 10 | > |
| 11 | > Until now I thought that EFI is a recent replacement for |
| 12 | > "BIOS" based machines. |
| 13 | > |
| 14 | > Can anyone clarify the linguistics involved here? |
| 15 | > |
| 16 | > Thanks |
| 17 | |
| 18 | This page (a bit difficult to locate) can help : |
| 19 | |
| 20 | http://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Preface |