[BLU/Officers] UEFI

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

No. The chances of seeing a Windows 8 UEFI system at the December 8
installfest are minimal. I also think that from the discussions on
Discuss, available web sites, I'm confident that we will not have much
problems. I should download a version of Windows 8 on my Technet or MSDN
account.

On 11/04/2012 07:24 AM, John Abreau wrote:
> Would it make sense to use BLU funds to purchase a cheap W8/UEFI system to test with? 
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Nov 2, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
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>> We probably need to be somewhat knowledgeable on UEFI, probably not for
>> the next ifest, but for March. I have not use EFI recently, but I did
>> use the original EFI on the IA64 systems. The main thing is we need to
>> have a strategy when someone shows up with a Windows8/UEFI system at one
>> of our installfests.
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