[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot

Tue Aug 21 20:11:15 CEST 2012

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:52:43 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
+
+> Most likely, your disk is GPT partitioned and windows 7 installed on it 
+> with at least 2 partitions (one for boot and probably one more for 
+> recovery besides the usual OS partition).
+
+   If that's the case then I get the feeling that Magiea-2 will not
+install alongside Windows7.
+   Is that true?
+
+If so, then - as I don't really want to use Windows on this netbook -
+perhaps the simplest approach for me would be to re-format the whole
+disk with a non-GPT setup, and install Mageia-2 on that.
+     Would that be a workable approach?
+Would this 'UEFI' motherboard handle such a disk properly?
+
+(Actually, the more I think about that, the more I like it, as it
+avoids the problem of adjusting the existng Windows partitions to make
+space for Mageia without disturbing their disk-letter relationship.
+   Which tool would be best suited to do that?)
+
+ I have already (using Clonezilla live) taken an image copy of the
+whole drive, so if things get messed up I can restore back to the
+original.
+
+By the way, I used Gparted-Live to look at the drive. It showed:
+
+    /dev/sda1: 400MB   "SYSTEM"  (Flag='Boot')
+    /dev/sda2: 280GB  
+    /dev/sda3: 17GB     "SAMSUNG-REC" (Flag='Diag")
+
+I could see nothing indication 'GPT' clues.
+
+I've found this all quite depressing, but I do like a challenge, and I
+am most grateful to you for your patience and help.
+  Thank you, Goh!
+
+Regards.
+-- 
+/\/\aurice 
+	(Retired in Surrey, UK; only 79)     
+
+