[ltp] bizzare: X121e: installations fails: grub

Uwe Brauer linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:55:25 +0200


Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Uwe Brauer<oub.oub.oub@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> I never encountered anything like this.
>> Does anybody have an advice?
>
> x120e's at least (and probably x121e's too) boot in EFI mode when the
> OS is 64 bit, so you need to set up the proper EFI boot partitions and
> such.
>

I am not sure I understand, are you saying that if Windows 7
64bit is installed (but not necessarily Linux) then its boot
in EFI mode?

What is EFI mode by the way and how shall I set it up?

Uwe Brauer