On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, at 4:27 PM, Wes Kussmaul wrote: > > On 3/26/21 12:18 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 09:20:44AM -0400, Wes Kussmaul wrote: > >> The replacement of legacy BIOS with UEFI had two consequences: > >> > >> 1. Dual booting is not possible > > > > This is false. Dual-booting works just fine with UEFI; tools like > > efibootmgr make it trivial and I do it all the time. It's much nicer > > than having to work with grub. > > Then perhaps it wasn't just UEFI but something else in the system. I > recall trying to disable Secure Boot with no effect. > > If I still had the laptop I would certainly try efibootmgr but as I said > I sent it back. > > At any rate Lenovo had an incentive to make it work (preventing a > return/refund) and told me it couldn't be done.
There are broken UEFI implementations just like there were broken BIOS implementations in the 90s. https://wiki.osdev.org/Broken_UEFI_implementations It's certainly not a complete list. Lenovo appears twice, although one of the problems is just a boot logo thing. At least they're not Acer. ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T4a54d17e4c0f6c20-M3420177abee89f5720c281e5 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription