Booting a computr in EFI mode.

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 09:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote: 
> On 01/15/2012 07:07 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > On 15/01/12 00:41, david walcroft wrote:
> >>> No unless you install as "new", instead of upgrade.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/11/15/fedora-16-gpt-disk-partitioning-guide/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I read the web page and does not say anything about custom created
> >> partitions,which I use,what happens regarding GPT in this situation
> >>
> >> david
> >
> > Page 2 should have some info on custom createdpartitions,
> > To create a GPT-based system, the first partition has to be a Standard
> > partition with the bios_boot flag. Note that this step will have to be
> > repeated for all partitions that will be created.
> 
> Thanks for that,I understand that with EFI & GPT you can have more than 
> four primary partitions but no extended partition.So how many primaries 
> can be used?
> 
> david