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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] EFI-based bootloader for BIOS-based computers (?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:40:24
Message-Id: le3fbq$20p$1@ger.gmane.org
1 I just spotted that phrase in the sourceforge newsletter:
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3 http://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/
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5 and it seems to me like an oxymoron. If that phrase makes
6 logical sense then my definitions of 'BIOS' and 'EFI' need
7 the latest updates :)
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9 Until now I thought that EFI is a recent replacement for
10 "BIOS" based machines.
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12 Can anyone clarify the linguistics involved here?
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14 Thanks

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[gentoo-user] Re: EFI-based bootloader for BIOS-based computers (?) mp <masterprometheus666@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: EFI-based bootloader for BIOS-based computers (?) eroen <eroen@××××××××××××.eu>