On 3/9/2014 at 8:56:03 AM nrickert wrote:
> You will need an EFI partition – sometimes call SEP (System EFI
> Partition). This needs to be FAT, and is recommended to be FAT32.
> I’m using 500M for my EFI partition. If you have a large disk (500G
> or larger), that seems a reasonable size.
>
> Apart from that, you just install. And, with a bit of luck,
> everything will work.
>
> The installer should already recognize that you have a UEFI system.
> You do need to boot the install media into UEFI mode. How to do that,
> depends on the BIOS. On my system, I hit F12 during boot, and it
> lists what is bootable. If I have “secure-boot” enabled, then it
> only lists UEFI boot possibilities. If I have “secure-boot”
> disabled, it lists UEFI boot, and below that it lists MBR boots
> (might be called “legacy boot”). Your BIOS might be different.
>
> After you have installed, you can see what works. Unfortunately,
> there is some variation in UEFI support. Some systems work pretty
> well, while others seem to be designed to boot Windows.
What motherboard make and model do you have?
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tb