UEFI vs. GPT (was: Re: Dual-boot with Windows 10)
Christoph Schmees <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:26:30 +0000
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Am 22.04.21 um 13:43 schrieb James Knott: > On 2021-04-22 9:42 a.m., James Knott wrote: >> On 2021-04-22 9:11 a.m., cr wrote: >>> ... so the bulk of Windoze is in /dev/sda4 so I can't create an >>> extended partition there without blowing Windows away. Which I will >>> do if I have to, but is there an easy way around this? >>> >>> Any advice gratefully received. >> >> If you use UEFI, that's no longer an issue. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface >> > > Forgot to mention, with UEFI, there's no need for extended partitions. Just create as many partitions as you want. > not a matter of UEFI but a matter of GPT. That are two pairs of shoes! Christoph -- The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad