skiguy0123@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 days agothe self checkout machines at Walmart need a reboot. syslinux 6.03lemmy.caimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down14
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minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·3 days agoCopyright line only mentions 2014, so I’m guessing it’s 10 years old and only BIOS.
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoUEFI first became common on new computers in 2011-2012, so I don’t a lot of 2014 computers were BIOS. I have a cheapo laptop from 2012 (one of last Gateways) and it’s a UEFI machine. At this point, I think 15 years ago is a more realistic estimate for the last legacy BIOS machines - my Win7 box with a 1st gen i5 is legacy BIOS.
minus-squareDrito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoMy Lenovo from 2015 has an option to fallback to Bios. And I used it.
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoThat’s pretty normal for most UEFI x86_64 things up to 2020 or so.
Copyright line only mentions 2014, so I’m guessing it’s 10 years old and only BIOS.
UEFI first became common on new computers in 2011-2012, so I don’t a lot of 2014 computers were BIOS.
I have a cheapo laptop from 2012 (one of last Gateways) and it’s a UEFI machine.
At this point, I think 15 years ago is a more realistic estimate for the last legacy BIOS machines - my Win7 box with a 1st gen i5 is legacy BIOS.
My Lenovo from 2015 has an option to fallback to Bios. And I used it.
That’s pretty normal for most UEFI x86_64 things up to 2020 or so.