![]() ![]() ![]() Booting from an MBR disk in EFI mode is poorly tested, though, and might fail on some EFIs. IIRC, Ubuntu won't install to an MBR disk in EFI mode, either, but you could probably convert partition table type and get it to boot after installing it. If you boot (or dual-boot) Windows in EFI mode, using GPT is required (it's a Windows limitation). If you boot such a computer in EFI mode (rather than using the CSM, which enables BIOS-mode booting), using GPT is something of a default. Most computers introduced since mid-2011, including the vast majority of systems that shipped with Windows 8 and later, use EFI firmware. The other GPT advantages combined are worth noting, but are not overwhelming issues for most people. The two most important advantages are the fact that GPT is the natural partitioning scheme for EFI and the lack of primary/extended/logical distinction. Most of these advantages are minor ones for most installations. Some documentation and software (especially older stuff) mis-applies SI suffixes to IEEE-1541 measurements, which is confusing. For most disk measurements, IEEE-1541 units are more natural. The former are IEEE-1541 units, whereas the latter are SI units. Note the difference between a tebibyte (TiB 1024^4 bytes) and a terabyte (TB 1000^4 bytes). Note that this is independent of the name of the filesystem contained in the partition.
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