[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot

Wed Aug 22 15:27:27 CEST 2012

Maurice Batey wrote:
+
+> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:31:56 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
+> 
+>> If you dont need windows 7, then it's probably easier to disable
+>> uefi (if you can) and do a "old style" install.
+> 
+>   The only 'UEFI' part of the BIOS Setup is the one I described
+> earlier:
+> 
+>       "UEFI Boot support:
+> 'Enabled':  System boots Legacy OS and UEFI OS
+> 'Disabled': System boots Legacy OS only"
+> 
+> It is Disabled, but I don't know yet if the drive has GPT or legacy
+> partitioning.
+>   So the $64 question is:
+> 
+>   If I ask the Mageia-2 DVD.iso installer to install on this drive, will
+> it only be able to do it if it does *not* have GPT partitions, or -
+> (if I invite it to take over the whole drive) will it be able to install
+> if it is GPT, or - if not - will it be able to format the whole drive as
+> non-GPT and then install?
+> 
+> I kniow that's a lot of questions, but I hope you can see what I'm
+> getting at!
+
+Put the dvd in the drive and find out.  
+
+Recently I installed Mageia 2 onto a PIII with a GPTed disk.  The 
+installer only gave the options of reformatting the whole disk or 
+using the partitions already defined.  I don't remember whether or 
+not it was a hybrid partition table.  
+
+
+-- 
+blind Pete
+Sig goes here...  
+
+