Now this sounds perhaps out to lunch but is there a mod that can convert a 2010 vintage BIOS to be UEFI capable?
BIOS and MBR only recognizes or allows 4 partitions whereas UEFI or should I say GUID/GPT allows many more and this problem is installing a dual boot Windows/Linux system on my Acer Aspire One AO533. Windows takes a partition and adds it's system partitions, combined with Linux Root, Swap, and /Home along with an OEM Windows recovery partition placed on the Hard Drive from Acer. Now the partition I reserved for Ubuntu is indicated as unallocated and I cannot create the necessary partitions required. The utilities won't let me saying 4 partitions already exist. If I set up the hard drive to GPT the BIOS won't boot to it just like creating a bootable USB in UEFI and it won't be detected by BIOS. What options or possibilities are out there other than placing this Netbook on my driveway and driving over it or totally ripping out Windoze and only installing Linux?
BIOS and MBR only recognizes or allows 4 partitions whereas UEFI or should I say GUID/GPT allows many more and this problem is installing a dual boot Windows/Linux system on my Acer Aspire One AO533. Windows takes a partition and adds it's system partitions, combined with Linux Root, Swap, and /Home along with an OEM Windows recovery partition placed on the Hard Drive from Acer. Now the partition I reserved for Ubuntu is indicated as unallocated and I cannot create the necessary partitions required. The utilities won't let me saying 4 partitions already exist. If I set up the hard drive to GPT the BIOS won't boot to it just like creating a bootable USB in UEFI and it won't be detected by BIOS. What options or possibilities are out there other than placing this Netbook on my driveway and driving over it or totally ripping out Windoze and only installing Linux?
I just love the people who dig into hardware complications.
