HP EliteBook 840 G2

Gentoo is able to run smoothly on this hardware, however it is recommended to SPEND some time in the BIOS to know its hardware and get familiar with is names.

Hardware
The following is the hardware as listed by BIOS. It is strongly recommended that you update the BIOS before installing Gentoo, there is an option to update it without the need to install an operative system, you just need to adjust network settings inside BIOS.


 * System Board ID: 2216
 * BIOS Version: M71 Ver. 01.27
 * Bios Release Date: July 12th 2018
 * BIOS Revision: INTEL(R) VBIOS (5.5.1040)
 * Processor Type: Intel Core i7-5600U
 * Processor Speed: 2.60 GHz
 * Memory Size: 8192 MB RAM
 * Memory Slot Information: 2x Samsung 4096 MB RAM @ 1600 MHz
 * HDD Model: SanDisk SD7SB2Q-512G-1006
 * HDD Size: 512GB
 * WLAN
 * Bluetooth
 * Ethernet

BIOS
Inside BIOS there are three "Boot Modes" available: For some unknown reason I wasn't able to boot Linux in "Legacy mode", internet pointed out that may be related to HDD Model listed in section above, so I selected "UEFI Hybrid" and it could be booted correctly. You just need to take note that "UEFI Hybrid" allows you to have MBR/DOS partition layout.
 * 1) Legacy
 * 2) UEFI Hybrid (With CSM)
 * 3) UEFI Native (Without CSM)

Partition Layout
As stated in the previous version, installation was done using MBR/DOS partition layout. If using such layout, it is recommended that first partition starts at sector 2048