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On Wednesday 21 Oct 2015 14:29:24 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:23:46 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> > "Modern" UEFI firmware not reporting such errors, if such be the case, |
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> > would be one of the reasons for me to depise UEFI as I do. |
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> I can't see that being true. |
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> > Why do I |
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> > need UEFI? A traditional BIOS can boot my machine just fine, and the |
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> > sole purpose of UEFI seems to be to prevent OS's which aren't Microsoft |
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> > Windows from booting, and to brick certain Samsung laptops. |
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> You seem to be confusing UEFI with Secure Boot. |
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> For me, the greatest benefit of UEFI is that I no longer have to deal |
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> with GRUB. |
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Or MBR's limitation of not being able to boot from disks >2TB. |
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PS. A bit [O/T] but has anyone used Coreboot and how did it compare to UEFI? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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