[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot

Wed Aug 22 20:06:19 CEST 2012

On 08/23/2012 01:52 AM, Maurice Batey wrote:
+> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:52:46 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
+>
+>> It is GPT partitioned.
+>
+>   Belatedly, I have just booted then netbook, and used diskmgmt.msc to
+> show me the partition type:
+>
+>       "Partition Style: Master Boot record (MBR)"
+>
+> which I believe indicates that the drive is *not* GPT-partitioned.
+>
+> (I'm still trying to find out what it would say for GPT.)
+>
+> In this case, does it not mean that I could go ahead with a dual-boot
+> install of Mageia-2?
+>
+> (Actually, I've gone off the idea of dual-boot, as I do not intend to
+> use W7 on the netbook (I have it on the desktop, dual booted),
+> but am tempted to try it just out of curiousity before re-installing
+> single boot!)
+>
+
+
+If it is 'MBR' (meaning MSdos), it confirms it is not UEFI, but BIOS.
+And yes, you can dual boot using 32-bit Mageia and using its grub-legacy.
+
+Now I'm really logging off. Good night. :) (and good luck)
+
+Goh Lip
+
+