[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot

Goh Lip lipg at gmx.com
Wed Aug 22 20:06:19 CEST 2012


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


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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