[ltp] bizzare: X121e: installations fails: grub

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Uwe Brauer <oub.oub.oub@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex Deucher wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Uwe Brauer<oub.oub.oub@gmail.com>
>> =A0wrote:
>>>
>>> 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?

When the bios boots it decides whether to boot in legacy bios mode or
EFI mode based on the boot media.

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

It's a replacement for the legacy bios.  Most recent distros support
it out of the box.

Alex