[lug] GRUB2 Compatibility: Mostly Fedora/Ubuntu, Some BIOS/UEFI

stimits at comcast.net stimits at comcast.net
Wed Jul 19 15:49:55 MDT 2017


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> > It's my understanding that UEFI can still understand MBR disks (ie.>> it doesn't require GPT disks like BIOS systems require MBR disks).
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>It would certainly seem so, in my experience. In December, I swapped my>old Core-2 Duo MB/CPU for a shiny new I3 setup. I just plugged the disks>in, and it came up fine. This using Mint17, or maybe it was Mint14 -- I>don't remember when I did that upgrade. 
Were you using a mix of UEFI and BIOS for multi-boot? It just seems it would be so much simpler if Ubuntu's installer worked in BIOS mode...then I wouldn't have to move or re-install anything. I am chain loading starting with Fedora's GRUB.
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