Re: setting up EFI on x86

[Mathieu Fluhr]

Hello

EFI is basically used for the Intel Itanium processors, and I think if
your MB does not have such an EFI shell a startup, you will not be able
to use EFI.

Regards,
Mathieu

On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 10:29 -0500, linux-os wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Daniel Dickman wrote:
> 
> > I just got an older x86 desktop system and I wanted to learn about EFI
> > by booting the kernel using this instead of the older MBR-style boot
> > process. Does anyone know how I can set up such a system on x86?
> > Specifically, what tools can I use to create a GPT disk? Do I need a
> > special BIOS to do this?
> >
> > Thanks for any help with this.
> > -
> 
> This is the new  "thing" being pushed by WIN/Intel. I haven't seen
> any motherboards that support it yet. All the new ones that come
> into this place have a BIOS that loads the MBR and starts trucking
> from there.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
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