On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:29:40 +0100 Heinz Diehl <htd+ml@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I've built countless computers in the last 20 years, but none with > the nowadays modern UEFI bioses. Unfortunately, my main machine seems > to have gotten some problems after the last lightning storm, and it's > time to renew the whole thing. > > On the SSD, there's a fully updated F21, which I'd like to take over > to the new machine. However, the old machine has a "common" oldstyle > BIOS, and the new board has an UEFI one. All the drivers for the new > mainboard are in the kernel, so that won't be a problem. I've read > somewhere that such an UEFI bios can be switched to some kind of > legacy mode, where it emulates an oldstyle BIOS. In other words, that > would allow me simply building the new system and taking the SSD > drive with me. > > My question: is this right, or do you see a better way to do that? > > Thanks, > Heinz. My brand new laptop allows you to switch to legacy mode. The only way to find out is by accessing the settings which should be same as for old BIOSes eg it's F2 on my laptop. Hope this helps, Ananda -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
