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Some Lenovo laptops have a BIOS bug that prevents many Linux distributions and FreeBSD from legacy booting from a GPT-partitioned disk. A hack/workaround is described in this mailing list post. There is some work to include the hack in gpart, but the real solution is for Lenovo to fix the bug.
If you care about this, please consider contacting Lenovo. The site gethuman.com lists customerfeedback@lenovo.com as a contact email. Also, http://www.headquartersinfo.com/lenovo-headquarters-information/ lists the Lenovo Headquarters Executive Team. Most of them have Twitter accounts. Some public tweets to them might have a strong impact. If you're providing feedback and you don't agree with Lenovo's practice of preventing you from installing your own wireless card, please mention that as well. There is also a petition.
If you care about this, please consider contacting Lenovo. The site gethuman.com lists customerfeedback@lenovo.com as a contact email. Also, http://www.headquartersinfo.com/lenovo-headquarters-information/ lists the Lenovo Headquarters Executive Team. Most of them have Twitter accounts. Some public tweets to them might have a strong impact. If you're providing feedback and you don't agree with Lenovo's practice of preventing you from installing your own wireless card, please mention that as well. There is also a petition.