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bmike1
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 Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:32 pm Post subject: in the section preparing the disk |
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| I think you need to add the fact that if windows had never been installed on the disk ther eis no reason to worry about uefi. I learned that in linuxfromscratch.org |
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alamahant
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All the newer machines are uefi nowadays.
That being said you can make a non-uefi install of Gentoo in an uefi machine.
I am not sure if you need a "compatibility" mode in the uefi menu or not.
But why would you seek lesser capabilities?
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I learned that in linuxfromscratch.org
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can you post the link plz.
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Hu
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| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: in the section preparing the disk |
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| bmike1 wrote: | | I think you need to add the fact that if windows had never been installed on the disk ther eis no reason to worry about uefi. I learned that in linuxfromscratch.org |
Who needs to add that where? I assume you are referring to one of the installation documents. Also, I disagree that you need not worry about UEFI. Most modern machines prefer an EFI based boot, so you do need to concern yourself with making them happy. |
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bmike1
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| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| alamahant wrote: | All the newer machines are uefi nowadays.
That being said you can make a non-uefi install of Gentoo in an uefi machine.
I am not sure if you need a "compatibility" mode in the uefi menu or not.
But why would you seek lesser capabilities?
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I learned that in linuxfromscratch.org
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can you post the link plz. |
Sorry ... I was wrong. It is stated when configuring the kernel. |
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figueroa
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:47 am Post subject: Re: in the section preparing the disk |
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| bmike1 wrote: | | I think you need to add the fact that if windows had never been installed on the disk ther eis no reason to worry about uefi. I learned that in linuxfromscratch.org |
You may not have to WORRY about it, but you may have to use it. I understand some machines won't boot the old way. On the other hand, I won't use UEFI unless I have to. I haven't run into a non-buggy UEFI yet. So far, some are OK.
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