Hi :)
Thanks :) Err with normal Bios and Mbr it is supposedly possible to copy the
Mbr using dd or dd-rescue or something, in order to restore it if things go
wrong. Is that possible with Uefi? Do you happen to know the right addresses
to copy?
Regards from
Tom :)
>________________________________
> From: Chris Murphy <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 5:12
>
>On May 28, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> My 'worry' is that after installing Gnu&Linux she will never be able to use
>> Win8 again (or more to the point i wont be able to mess around with Win8 and
>> explore in order to see just how troublesome it is). I get the feeling she
>> would quite happily lose Win8 even if it meant replacing with something
>> better, such as Vista or DVL.
>>
>> Does Gnu&Linux boot-up when fully installed and Uefi on?
>
>You need to find a distribution that's supporting UEFI boot natively, without
>disabling it. The one installer I've used (Fedora/Red Hat's anaconda) produces
>a UEFI installation if the computer booted the install media in UEFI mode; and
>produces a BIOS installation if the computer booted the install media in BIOS
>mode.
>
>BIOS uses a completely different method of booting than UEFI. So you can't
>just switch the UEFI on/off and expect a previously installed system to work,
>it simply won't. The bootloaders are different, the partition scheme is
>different, it's all pretty much different.
>
>One of the design goals of Fedora is to install along side Windows 7/8 UEFI,
>with a UEFI installation of Fedora. At this point it might be worth trying
>Fedora 19 beta, so that if you encounter problems you can file a bug and
>thereby make the distribution better.
>
>
>Chris Murphy
>
>
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