On 08/01/2024 02:33 PM, DdB wrote:
Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett:
I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn.
The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? .
Should that make any practical difference to manual install?
Not sure about gpt vs mbr. I have whatever Gparted defaults to when
creating new partitions. I have no longer required partitions available.
Oh, grub-pc (a.k.a. grub1)?
I gotta confess: when i did join linux, there was grub1.98 already
available and for reasons outside this scope, i went for it.
i mean: i really have no idea about grub 1. Better ask someone else to
fill in.
gpt is much more flexible compared to the old mbr partitioning, but i do
not think, it would be necessary for you to change at this point. Just
check your scheme and use it, as you like. The merits of grub2 come
handy for a) large disks and b) uefi booting, both of which wont bother
you this weekend, right?
btw: to check, i would use
sudo sgdisk -p /dev/sda # or whatever disk you want to see, this will only
output information, not change anything.
It reports:> ***************************************************************
Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format
in memory.
***************************************************************
All my machines, purchased new or used, came with some version of
Windows installed.
During initial installation of Debian Squeeze (or later) would I have
been explicitly asked to choose between MBR and GPT?
Maybe pxe is an option? i never used it, and do not plan to do so
anytime soon.
however, have fun! ... this weekend :-)
