BIOS booting booting with EFI and booting with The rest of this page is broken down into three main sections: Keep in mind, though, that these details are
Support for booting from GPT is limited compared to support for bootingįrom MBR, although this is changing rapidly with the adoption of UEFI. One of the challenges of GPT is that of booting from it. Note: This page is part of the documentation for my GPT fdisk program. If you find GPT fdisk or this Web page useful, please consider making a small donation to help keep this site up and running. This Web page, and the associated software, is provided free of charge and with no annoying outside ads however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting does cost money.
I'm a technical writer and consultant specializing in Linux technologies. Booting from GPT Booting from GPT by Rod Smith, Web page update:, referencing GPT fdisk version 0.8.5
