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Re: How to install grub onto an added drive?
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Chris Green |
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Re: How to install grub onto an added drive? |
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Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:15:30 +0000 |
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On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 07:56:24PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 18/11/2019 à 00:27, Randy Goldenberg a écrit :
> >
> > Your description of your situation suggests that you are using legacy
> > BIOS booting. If that is the case, in the absence of limiting
> > circumstances, I strongly recommend moving to UEFI.
>
> Why ?
> In the absence of strong motivation [1], I recommend against moving to UEFI.
> From my experience and knowledge, EFI boot is more complex, has more bugs
> and is more easily broken than legacy BIOS boot.
>
> [1] Such motivation may include some (but not all) multi-boot setups, or the
> lack of NVMe support by the UEFI firmware in legacy mode.
>
OP here, I've looked and the BIOS doesn't support EFI anyway so the
issue is decided form me anyway! :-)
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Chris Green
Re: How to install grub onto an added drive?, Pascal Hambourg, 2019/11/18