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   From: maurice@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:34:40 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:   
      
   > In my case, it was the BIOS. I reset it back to defaults, disabled   
   > safe boot, told it to use legacy OS mode, and was able to boot hd1 as   
   > defined during install.   
      
    I'm getting interested in this, as the SO needs a new PC.   
    I've found a UK supplier who will sell PC without operating system.   
      
    It has an 'AMI EFI BIOS', which they said did not have UEFI.   
   (Anyone here know any better?! )   
      
   Even if it had, from all (well, most) accounts there appears to be little   
   problem disabling Secure Boot or even opting for 'Legacy BIOS' (as I did   
   with the Samsung NC110 netbook).   
      
   I don't yet know if it has a GPT.   Is it still the case that legacy GRUB   
   cannot handle GPT, or was that a false alarm?   
      
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