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Bios or UEFI
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:37 am
by kenod
Hello,
I want to start working on a new project, and this time I don't want to use grub. I don't have much experience with both, but I have experience with both c and asm. Would it be better to write a bootloader for the bios or write one for UEFI?
Re: Bios or UEFI
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:01 am
by kenod
Re: Bios or UEFI
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:12 am
by Roman
I would suggest UEFI, because it gives you a lot out of the box.
Re: Bios or UEFI
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:43 am
by BrightLight
In the end, you will want your kernel to be firmware-independent, and bootable from both BIOS and UEFI for better hardware compatibility. Personally, I have not worked with UEFI, but it is more modern and BIOS is obsolete.
Re: Bios or UEFI
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:52 am
by Octacone
BIOS, because Microsoft Windows cannot handle two UEFI operating systems! BIOS is good for learning stuff, if you don't care about dual booting and want to be able to use some of those handy UEFI features then go ahead.
Re: Bios or UEFI
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:23 pm
by Roman
BIOS, because Microsoft Windows cannot handle two UEFI operating systems!
How is that related to the question? Firstly, you can of course dual boot a UEFI system with Windows. Secondly, why are you even sure the OP is a Windows user?