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Open Source and Free Software

hobbit709

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6. Damfino.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 10:52 AM

Mar 2013

The only real purpose is to allow hard drives larger than 2 TB. The other thing is that it allows manufacturers to lock out any OS that they don't approve of.

Just had that problem on a Lenovo laptop with Windows 8. Would not boot from DVD drive with any OS other than Windows 8. But it did boot fine from an external DVD drive, which was how I installed Mint on it.

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Can anybody explain why people like UEFI? [View all] Recursion Mar 2013 OP

i don't know if i *like* uefi but as a mac user.. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #1

Pre-Intel Macs' firmware utterly spanked UEFI sir pball Mar 2013 #11

It gets us past 1980 boot technology? Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #2

What was lacking about 1980 boot technology? (nt) Recursion Mar 2013 #3

If you've ever dealt with bios code you wouldn't ask that question. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #4

I write Forth code, sometimes for boot sectors Recursion Mar 2013 #5

You write Forth, you must have used OpenFirmware. sir pball Mar 2013 #8

I love OF Recursion Mar 2013 #9

I'll give UEFI a teensy bit of credit for at least trying sir pball Mar 2013 #10

Damfino. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #6

I think we know why Microsoft likes it (nt) pokerfan Mar 2013 #7

UEFI and Secure Boot are not the same thing toddaa Mar 2013 #12

If it's in the UEFi then as far as I'm concerned it's part of it. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #13

Lenovo's implementation of UEFI is the problem toddaa Mar 2013 #14