Manjaro Difference between revisions of "BIOS and UEFI"

Difference between revisions of "BIOS and UEFI"

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* [[Virtualbox|Enable your Computer to use Virtual Machines]]
* [[UEFI - Enable Legacy Mode]]
: ''Enable virtualisation in your BIOS settings''.
: ''Disable UEFI to run like any pre-Windows 8 system''.
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* [[UEFI_-_Install_Guide|UEFI Installation Guide]]
* [[UEFI_-_Install_Guide|UEFI Installation Guide]]
: ''Overcome the odds!''
: ''Overcome the odds!''
* [[Virtualbox|Enable your Computer to use Virtual Machines]]
: ''Enable virtualisation in your BIOS settings''.
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Revision as of 17:53, 9 November 2013

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

UEFI was introduced with Windows 8 as a replacement / upgrade to the BIOS system. One example of this upgrade is that it allows for computers to use hard-disks larger than 2 Terrabytes (2,000 Gigabytes). Unfortunately, UEFI was also secretly manipulated by Microsoft in tandem with certain hardware manufacturers to prevent - or at least make it very difficult - to replace or dual boot Windows 8 with another operating system.

As UEFI systems sit on top of the old BIOS system, UEFI can be disabled or even removed completely to run in Legacy Mode, meaning that the BIOS has taken back over. The author did so with a laptop using a 1 Terrabyte (TB) hard-disk, which the BIOS can handle.


Can't boot Manjaro on your Windows 8 system? Here's why!


Disable UEFI to run like any pre-Windows 8 system.


Overcome the odds!


Enable virtualisation in your BIOS settings.


Basic Input / Output System (BIOS)

Tip
Some unpleasant hardware manufacturers have configured the BIOS to automatcially disable the screen backlight if Windows has been removed, resulting in a dim screen. A guide has been provided to reactivate the backlight.


The GRUB is used to manage and boot up linux operating systems on computers that use the BIOS system. These are typically older computers or those that did not come with Windows 8 pre-installed. It is worthwhile noting that the UEFI can be disabled on many systems to run using the BIOS instead; this is known as running in Legacy Mode. Computers sold prior to the release and pre-installation of Windows 8 - which introduced UEFI - will therefore use the GRUB.


Easily customize GRUB2 with the Grub-Customizer GUI tool.


What to do if something goes wrong...
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