From 22329e8775c9725e635854c33238caf50b291864 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mckaygerhard Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 16:05:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tutorial - BIOS and UEFI where you can find those .. --- tutorials/Alpine_and_UEFI.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/tutorials/Alpine_and_UEFI.md b/tutorials/Alpine_and_UEFI.md index 2b6dce1..eb290be 100644 --- a/tutorials/Alpine_and_UEFI.md +++ b/tutorials/Alpine_and_UEFI.md @@ -24,6 +24,24 @@ into the vendor hardware. > **Note** Consult more at [../alpine/alpine-boot-uefi-bios.md](../alpine/alpine-boot-uefi-bios.md) +## Where i will find BIOS based devices + +Any computer until 2010 or older will only have a BIOS system to boot. Any IBM pc +computer wil have also BIOS and any coputer until 2014 will have almost UEFI legacy +support to boot like BIOS. + +On those system marked as older harware you will need a MBR based partition +table only, and cannot use GTP partitions. + +## Where i will find UEFI based devices + +Any computer since 2014 will have UEFI for sure, but 2013/2014 ones wil have +buggy UEFI implementations. Its recommended to avoid any computer from 2013 +or 2014, and if you have a BIOS+UEFI then enabled the legacy mode. + +Also any Vendor marked computer bqased on x86 or 64bit, or any 64bit +computer will have UEFI, specially those that are parnership with Mocosoft. + # Alpine UEFI support Currently are enought for boot most systems, not all the architectures are complete