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Re: UEFI question

From crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: UEFI question
Date 2015-12-31 11:51 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <n63tb2$pht$2@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <slrnn87oat.gj8.BitTwister@wb.home.test> <n61h3j$92m$1@dont-email.me> <op.yag66qgya3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <n62s2b$12c$1@saria.nerim.net> <op.yaigqsnza3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net>

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David W. Hodgins wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:21:15 -0500, Pascal Hambourg
> <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> 
>> David W. Hodgins a écrit :
>>> Note that uefi does not require gpt. A uefi system can boot from an
>>> mbr style partition table.
> 
>> Correct, at least in theory. But some implementations lack this
>> capability, maybe because Windows can only boot in EFI mode from a
>> GPT disk.
> 
> One of the things we found when developing and testing Mageia 5, is
> that uefi firmware has lots of variations as to what works and what
> doesn't.
> 
>>> Using gpt though, does require gpt as
>>> bios firmware can't handle gpt partition tables.
> 
>> Huh ? "Using GPT does require GPT" ?
> 
> Oops. Using gpt does require uefi. :-)

Now I'm really confused.  I remember BitTwister saying that he had moved 
to GPT some time ago and never looked back, and you're implying that in 
order to do that he had to upgrade all his systems to EFI firmware?  
Sorry man, maybe age is making me stupid faster than I realized. <g>

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  [Sun Nov 22: "Total Portability is not binary"]

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UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 05:11 -0700
  Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-30 13:35 +0100
    Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 06:03 -0700
      Re: UEFI question Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2015-12-30 13:48 +0000
        Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 14:10 -0700
          Re: UEFI question "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-12-30 16:26 -0500
            Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-31 10:21 +0100
              Re: UEFI question "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-12-31 08:50 -0500
                Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-31 16:19 +0100
                Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-31 11:51 -0700
                Re: UEFI question Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2015-12-31 19:34 +0000
                Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-31 21:52 +0100
                Re: UEFI question "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2016-01-01 18:58 -0500
                Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-02 02:19 +0100
                Re: UEFI question blind Pete <0123peter@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 16:30 +1100
                Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-03 11:12 +0100
                Re: UEFI question Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 12:44 +0000
                Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-03 15:16 +0100
                Re: UEFI question blind Pete <0123peter@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 23:12 +1100
                Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-03 15:22 +0100
                Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-02 01:53 -0700
                Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-02 12:08 +0100
                Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-02 10:47 -0700
            Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-31 02:37 -0700
          Re: UEFI question Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2015-12-30 22:18 +0000
      Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-31 10:16 +0100
        Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-31 02:46 -0700
      Re: UEFI question blind Pete <0123peter@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 21:20 +1100
        Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-01 05:08 -0700
          Re: UEFI question Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-01 21:51 +0100
            Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-01 15:17 -0700
              Re: UEFI question Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-01-01 23:06 +0000
                Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-02 02:16 -0700
                Re: UEFI question Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-01-02 10:04 +0000
                Re: UEFI question crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-02 03:39 -0700
                Re: UEFI question blind Pete <0123peter@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 15:20 +1100
          Re: UEFI question blind Pete <0123peter@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 15:14 +1100

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