On 2014-12-16 20:40, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: > I had to use MBR on a relatively recent machine because the > supposedly-UEFI firmware refused to even recognise GPT disks, let > alone boot from them. It's still relevant. Interesting. Care to name-and-shame said firmware? (I don't necessarily think it influences the decision, even so. Surely the Beginner's Guide should be optimized for the common case rather than edge cases, as yours probably was?) Regards,