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

Jed S. Baer blug at jbaer.cotse.net
Wed Jul 19 15:42:04 MDT 2017


On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:26:12 -0600
Dan Mackin wrote:

> It's my understanding that UEFI can still understand MBR disks (ie.
> it doesn't require GPT disks like BIOS systems require MBR disks).

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.


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