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Re: [LUG] Debian and sound

 

On 24/06/13 16:38, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On 24/06/13 16:26, bad apple wrote:
>>
>> The reason? I have absolutely *no* idea. Sometimes you've just got to
>> accept the madness and take a win as a win. I really hate computers
>> sometimes...
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
> LOL. Don't we all. I am in the process of researching UEFI. I really
> hate ..... what you said.
>
> Neil
>
>

UEFI is a bit of a non-issue to be honest: on PCs, it's always possible
to disable secureboot (if it was even on in the first place) and fall
back to old fashioned BIOS style mode. Pretty much all of the major
linux distributions support proper EFI booting through the full chain
from grub on up. If you're going to go fully native, just beware of the
fact that your boot disk will need to be GPT not MSDOS format and your
installer will also create a couple of extra (very small) partitions at
the start of the disk for compatibility reasons. If you're a fan of
fdisk (and who isn't!), it will barf slightly but print a friendly
warning because it doesn't like GPT disks:

ghost@failbot:~$ sudo fdisk -l | grep GPT

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdc'! The util
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.

But really, don't fear the UEFI - it's a much,  much needed replacement
for the crappy BIOS and pretty much any new computer you buy is going to
have it.

Cheers

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