[ltp] Advice on UEFI vs. BIOS

[Jochen Spieker]

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Steve McIntyre:
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 06:39:35PM +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote:
>>=20
>> - 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
> Nope, UEFI should also work with a DOS partition table. However,
> you'll want a FAT(32) partition on the disk to use as the EFI System
> Partition. That may well mean you'll end up needing to re-partition
> and reformat anyway. :-/

Thanks for the information. I am still a bit unsure what exactly I am
going to proceed, but I think I have most of my questions resolved.

Just one more thing: has anybody installed Linux on the M.2 SSD that is
offered with the new Haswell laptops? Some people claim you can only
boot from them when using legacy/BIOS mode. Can anybody confirm or deny
this?

J.
--=20
No-one appears to be able to help me.
[Agree]   [Disagree]
                 <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>

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