[ubuntu-us-mi] new laptop

[Craig Maloney]

On 10/24/2011 06:06 PM, Julia Christianson wrote:
> Heh, Broadcom wireless was an issue before I stopped keeping up with
> hardware ;-).
>
> One thing I was concerned about was the issue someone raised a few weeks
> ago with a Lenovo, a new boot system replacing the bios? Didn't pay
> attention then, of course, and now I can't find that thread ...

That was with a Lenovo Thinkpad X120e. The reason it was an issue was 
because UEFI replaces the BIOS, so you need to be careful with 
partitioning (you'll need a special partition for the UEFI portion, or 
the computer won't boot). However, newer Ubuntu distros handle it 
without any issue. The issue in that thread was because the partition 
got removed during the install process.

Hope this helps!
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