Re: [Dorset] UEFI and Linux

2014-05-24 Thread Peter Merchant
Thank You Gemma. In the references for that article there was one on Ubuntu with UEFI which I will apply when I get the Mobo back. It was very clear. Peter On 24/05/14 03:18, Gemma wrote: I haven't got any experience, because I don't have any modern H/W, but I did come across this article

[Dorset] UEFI and Linux

2014-05-23 Thread Peter Merchant
Hi, I have just discovered that the new Motherboard that I ordered from Novatech has a UEFI Firmware instead of a BIOS. It seems that I have to convert my hard disk to a different format and re-install. Does anybody have any experience to offer on doing this? I expected to drop in my HD and

Re: [Dorset] UEFI and Linux

2014-05-23 Thread Andrew
I am using (U)EFI and GPT on my main computer, but that was a clean install... The previous install was using BIOS/MBR but still worked. The bootloader settings should have an option for Legacy boot (or perhaps different words meaning the same thing), which will load a BIOS etc. but it might

Re: [Dorset] UEFI and Linux

2014-05-23 Thread Gemma
I haven't got any experience, because I don't have any modern H/W, but I did come across this article that may be of assistance to you; http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/%EF%BB%BFInstalling_Operating_Systems_on_UEFI_Systems As for the display, I would say .. plug in a graphics card (I'm