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| author | Pete Travis <immanetize@fedoraproject.org> | 2014-02-13 22:06:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Pete Travis <immanetize@fedoraproject.org> | 2014-02-13 22:06:37 -0700 |
| commit | 30e19bd6095ef423c87f5ed24c36e9dfd4d290dd (patch) | |
| tree | 371ece09cc14d6135d96263c53508d875bf393a9 | |
| parent | 0d840886302b5320c1b0f43183ed30f14fe61396 (diff) | |
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Minor adjustments to bios/uefi comparison
| -rw-r--r-- | en-US/BOOT-BIOS_or_UEFI.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/en-US/BOOT-BIOS_or_UEFI.xml b/en-US/BOOT-BIOS_or_UEFI.xml index c9b6649..92b565c 100644 --- a/en-US/BOOT-BIOS_or_UEFI.xml +++ b/en-US/BOOT-BIOS_or_UEFI.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - 32 bit systems are almost always BIOS. + 32 bit systems are almost always BIOS. ( UEFI booting of 32 bit systems is not supported by Fedora ) </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ <note> <title>The term <literal>BIOS</literal> is still used with UEFI systems</title> <para> - Because BIOS systems have been around for so long, the term <literal>BIOS</literal> is often used to describe UEFI systems as well. Manufacturers might list system firmware updates as <literal>BIOS updates</literal> or provide directions to <literal>enter the BIOS setup menu</literal>. The word has come to represent the pre-OS menu on your computer as much as the actual software, but it doesn't mean that your system is not UEFI capable. + Because BIOS systems have been around for so long, the term <literal>BIOS</literal> is often used to describe UEFI systems as well. Manufacturers might list system firmware updates as <literal>BIOS updates</literal> or provide directions to <literal>enter the BIOS setup menu</literal>. The word has come to represent the pre-OS menu on your computer as much as the actual software, but your system may still be UEFI capable. </para> </note> <itemizedlist> @@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - The system's boot menu gives you the option of booting via UEFI or not, with entries like these: + The system's boot menu gives you the option of booting media via UEFI, or has boot options describing operating systems instead of just physical drives. The boot order menu might look like this: + <screen> UEFI: Generic USB Stick Generic USB Stick + UEFI: DVD-RW Drive + DVD-RW Drive + Fedora + Windows </screen> </para> </listitem> |