[ltp] Re: Advice on UEFI vs. BIOS

Jochen Spieker linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 23 May 2014 10:18:23 +0200


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Stefan Monnier:
>> - UEFI requires a GPT which means I will have to reformat my old SSD
>>   using GTP and transfer my data afterwards. (What about grub?)
>=20
> Reformatting is not indispensable: you can just add a GPT partition
> table, carefully setting it up so that the partitions are the same as
> before, starting/ending at the same sector numbers.

Oh, I didn't know that. Sounds =E2=80=A6 interesting!

> IIUC, the main benefit of UEFI to the end user is faster boot times.

Mkay. Then I will see how big the difference is. I never really noticed
how slow BIOS boot is (from power on to boot manager) until I bought my
first SSD. :)

J.
--=20
I wish I could achieve a 'just stepped out of the salon' look more
often. Or at least once.
[Agree]   [Disagree]
                 <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>

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