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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot</H1>
<B>Goh Lip</B>
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<I>Wed Aug 22 20:06:19 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>On 08/23/2012 01:52 AM, Maurice Batey wrote:
><i> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:52:46 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
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</I>>><i> It is GPT partitioned.
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</I>><i> Belatedly, I have just booted then netbook, and used diskmgmt.msc to
</I>><i> show me the partition type:
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</I>><i> "Partition Style: Master Boot record (MBR)"
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</I>><i> which I believe indicates that the drive is *not* GPT-partitioned.
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</I>><i> (I'm still trying to find out what it would say for GPT.)
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</I>><i> In this case, does it not mean that I could go ahead with a dual-boot
</I>><i> install of Mageia-2?
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</I>><i> (Actually, I've gone off the idea of dual-boot, as I do not intend to
</I>><i> use W7 on the netbook (I have it on the desktop, dual booted),
</I>><i> but am tempted to try it just out of curiousity before re-installing
</I>><i> single boot!)
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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
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