On 7/2/07, Mildred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now that I'm using the new intel driver for the video card (the one
> that do not need the BIOS any more) I would like to test booting my
> system with EFI (and the possibly the new GRUB).
>
> But I do not really understand how it works. Does someone have any
> useful links to share ?

Hi,

EFI only replaces the legacy 16-bit BIOS.  More modern portions of the
BIOS such as VESA and ACPI that are 32-bit aren't replaced by EFI.

Mike
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