Hi. Can anyone on these lists say definitively if Debian or Ubuntu supports or will support EFI booting? If so, what does it take to get it to work so you don't have to tinker with the Bios? Apparently, it's the latest and greatest in the race to boot up faster if you use 64 bit machines.
Alex M ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alonzo Cuellar <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:36:03 -0500 Subject: efi botting To: Alex Midence <[email protected]> Hello Alex, Efi or Extensible firmware interface is what windows 8 will use in the future. It is also what the mac operating system uses to boot. Making the boot process faster and direct support for 64 bit operating systems. It also allows for compatibility of newer graphics cards. I'm wanting to boot with efi support using grub-efi found in debian or ubuntu. Fedora boots with this support be default and is installed I believe when using a 64bit installations. I use 64bit linux since i have 6 gigs of ram. I had wanted to use ubuntu, but I have to change my bios setting to legacy which I'd have to do with sighted assistance. If I do not change it, ubuntu won't boot. I'm not sure if ubuntu supports efi. Hopefully this sheds some light, Alonzo -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
