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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot</H1>
<B>Olav Dahlum</B>
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<I>Tue Aug 21 21:12:17 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>2012/8/21 Thomas Backlund <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">tmb at mageia.org</A>>
><i> Maurice Batey skrev 21.8.2012 21:11:
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</I>><i> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:52:43 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
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</I>>><i> Most likely, your disk is GPT partitioned and windows 7 installed on it
</I>>>><i> with at least 2 partitions (one for boot and probably one more for
</I>>>><i> recovery besides the usual OS partition).
</I>>>><i>
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> If that's the case then I get the feeling that Magiea-2 will not
</I>>><i> install alongside Windows7.
</I>>><i> Is that true?
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</I>><i> Nope, installing it alongside is not a problem.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The thing that is missing is a efi capable bootloader
</I>><i> (wich is why I used the fedora grub-efi from
</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-**bootloaders/grub_legacy.html<http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/grub_legacy.html">http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-**bootloaders/grub_legacy.html<http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/grub_legacy.html</A>>
</I>><i> )
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> If so, then - as I don't really want to use Windows on this netbook -
</I>>><i> perhaps the simplest approach for me would be to re-format the whole
</I>>><i> disk with a non-GPT setup, and install Mageia-2 on that.
</I>>><i> Would that be a workable approach?
</I>>><i> Would this 'UEFI' motherboard handle such a disk properly?
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</I>><i> If you dont need windows 7, then it's probably easier to disable
</I>><i> uefi (if you can) and do a "old style" install.
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</I>><i> --
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Thomas
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</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i>From my general experience with ASUS Sabertooth 990FX, the motherboard I
</I>use to write this:
Contrary to myth, there's no problems with GRUB Legacy or GRUB2, and
MS-DOS-type partitions on (U)EFI.
GPT will also create a hybrid structure, so the disks should go straight
into older systems, and work.
--
Olav Dahlum
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