From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1WXeMT-0007EJ-KD for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:19:21 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38753) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXeML-0007Dt-UT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:19:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXeMF-0000bA-TI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:19:13 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::232]:56288) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXeMF-0000b2-MB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:19:07 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f50.google.com with SMTP id c13so1184960eek.37 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:19:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=MizH7f6Ray8dEq09JPqh4uxjLdgjGIx0Jm6L3hEpZfw=; b=FMmTRZBtUfCItzTKnDEsq/PNq0lM2ki/+LRIK+vMy3kT94MOwuhIwwRmv2lV4o84dA 6y3IH9NF27FGvbaC2ehMLntZeaEv/cgeedLa4mvUyJqV6nwHVtHeoE72o6n1BLENY3mO onX9ds6POIewVEBeOL4owoDdEX1Hg6j2/tncmbwoUaIwzIPKG14jI5GTxJS/BH/VOeaO mXH+ovh5OkQBdM30vLF+9ztfbcf+VbFFTzzreOjFfDF1EM+SAFSxnUE4MeOU38LW6Syt AGhti49n0TxQyWDt0mbBqLeGp6ltonhIjL9o+fQMtqb9a6mPOpCEPh1+VKoMkeVkevvt Q+QA== X-Received: by 10.15.93.201 with SMTP id w49mr5408291eez.69.1396995546801; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:19:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.42.200] (22-225.197-178.cust.bluewin.ch. [178.197.225.22]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u1sm7337990eex.31.2014.04.08.15.19.04 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <534475D1.9020607@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:18:57 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: XP, 8.1 and UEFI with grub2? References: <11377501.1396921404826.JavaMail.root@mswamui-thinleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="56JMPPtmax5QUnAc8kPV0cNeUvQh4nnbG" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::232 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 22:19:20 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --56JMPPtmax5QUnAc8kPV0cNeUvQh4nnbG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08.04.2014 03:48, SevenBits wrote: > On Monday, April 7, 2014, > wrote: >=20 > Grub Gurus >=20 > Perhaps this is good timing for this > question. I hope I am asking it in the right place. I have been > using Ubuntu and XP multiboot for quite some time and using Ubuntu > more and XP less. With support for XP expiring April 8 I would lik= e > to stop using it while connected to the internet. My goal is to > multiboot XP, Ubuntu and 8.1 on the same 64 bit new machine. >=20 >=20 >=20 > My question is if XP requires legacy > BIOS and it is available (?) but 8.1 requires UEFI (?) does this > prevent grub2 from accessing the three OSs from a single menu. Can= > Grub2 switch between legacy BIOS and UEFI or does this require a > process like changing BIOS settings? >=20 >=20 > This is determined by your firmware, and not by GRUB. Not fully true. You can switch from EFI to BIOS but exact function depends on exact EFI vendor. GRUB currently knows only how to do it on macs (see appleloader). > Most hardware that can run XP probably can't run Windows 8.1 AFAIK. > =20 Quite the opposite. Most computers with enough power can run both. In general please don't propagate misinformation. --56JMPPtmax5QUnAc8kPV0cNeUvQh4nnbG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlNEddEACgkQmBXlbbo5nOvmGAD/eabQb3TIlQQEilF1MTaiVnP6 sJidCAdhmr4RqD1uP/4A/R+My2IhzFfA9ImrAWHZDw/MbxPpSAUCNPrdHac87BAQ =i0X8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --56JMPPtmax5QUnAc8kPV0cNeUvQh4nnbG--