[PLUG] how to dual boot Windows 7 with kubuntu on new computer with UEFI

[Bill Barry]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Russell Johnson <russ at dimstar.net> wrote:

>
> On May 27, 2013, at 8:02 AM, King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I find that hard to believe. Every computer mother board has some sort
> > of BIOS, EFI or not.
>
> BIOS is defined as the antiquated IO systems for PCs. EFI is a
> replacement, and not technically BIOS. According to the link below, EFI is
> just a software interface between the OS and the Firmware of a computer. It
> appears that you are calling EFI "BIOS" which it isn't.
>
> There is no BIOS on my computer, as in, no keystroke to 'enter' BIOS and
> make changes to the settings. There's nothing to configure in a true (U)EFI
> based computer. There is a keystroke to cause the system to boot from the
> optical drive, USB or network. There is a keystroke to force the EFI to
> scan the system, and configure itself.
>
> But the human on the meatspace side of the keyboard can't make any manual
> changes.
>
> This is also why my computer does not support a floppy, unless it's
> attached to the USB port. Then it looks like just another thumb drive. No
> reason to clog up the works with a slow floppy interface.
>
>
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/unified-extensible-firmware-interface/efi-homepage-general-technology.html
>
> Russell Johnson
> russ at dimstar.net
>


Such a machine should be returned to the place where it was originally
forged and destroyed.

Bill