On Lu, 14 iun 21, 23:59:58, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 15 Jun 2021 at 07:21:33 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 14 iun 21, 16:39:11, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > > This is the first time I have to install a system using GPT with BIOS so > > > I'm not sure how does it work with the BIOS boot partition. > > > > What is a "BIOS boot partition"? > > BIOS booting needs¹ a BIOSBoot partition on a GPT disk. > It's not a BIOS bootpartition, because people use the > term bootpartition to mean a partition/filesystem that's > mounted at /boot. > > I have just posted what it's for, so I won't repeat here.
Ok, I just saw the mention in the other thread and read about it. Funny that I didn't notice it before, but then again I haven't been paying much attention to threads involving BIOS/UEFI booting due to lack of (recent) experience with either. > > On BIOS systems grub must be installed in the MBR of the boot device, > > I think Felix disputed "should", let alone "must", just last Friday. > > > special partitions are needed for UEFI. > > UEFI booting needs to find an ESP somewhere. Which other special > partitions are required? I meant the ESP, the plural was wrong. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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