On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Slavko <li...@slavino.sk> wrote: > Dňa Thu, 10 Jul 2014 01:49:12 +0800 Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> > napísal: >> On 09/07/2014, Bzzzz <lazyvi...@gmx.com> wrote: >> >>> BTW, sorry to hijack a bit this thread, but what could >>> be the advantages to use UEFI (I just have Debian on my >>> laptop and disabled it from ancient posts I read). >> >> It is my understanding (and, once again, I am no expert), that two >> distinct advantages of a UEFI/GPT system ofer what it replaced, are >> that no differentiation exists, between primary and other partitions, >> and, a UEFI/GPT system, can have up to 128 partitions. > > I am no expert too :-) > > The advantages mentioned by you are true (of course). Only small note, > that the partition advantage is GPT (partition table) property, and to > you can use GPT, you need UEFI, because old BIOS cannot work with GPT, > not the UEFI itself.
You can use bios with a gpt-labelled disk but if you do so you won't have an mbr gap so you'll need a bios boot (or bios_grub in parted speak) partition for grub's core.img. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=syzn2girtptcfkduca+mfi17ho_twwf8k9q9zfkrxk...@mail.gmail.com