Bug#733706: installation-report: installation on a Lenovo Thinkpad E431
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:37:33AM -0500, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> Oh right - I used the original partitionning I guess. I assumed it was
> MBR.
Certainly my thinkpad came with windows 7 64bit preinstalled and uses
a DOS partition table, not GPT. I suspect if it had come with Windows
8 64bit, it probably would have used GPT.
> The reason is that it will fail on newer BIOS, from what I can tell.
None I have ever seen. Such a system would be incompatible with Windows
XP, and any 32bit Windows version. Would someone really want to release
a system that only supported 64bit windows?
> That would imply reformatting the whole drive and destroying all the
> data, from what I understand. Unless d-i can convert a MBR partition to
> GPT?
I am sure such a convertion can be done. I wouldn't expect an installer
to do it though. It very likely could also break the booting of any
already installed OS.
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Len Sorensen
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