On 25 Oct 2024 08:26:21 -0700 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:22:19 -0500 > > So you've got a stable/testing/unstable system on hd1? > > hd1 has Void Linux. They don't use the stable/testing/unstable > terminology. > > > And a 14-month old bullseye system on hd0, which is currently > > running? > > Yes. > root@imager:~# cat /etc/debian* > 11.11 > > > The system has booted into a bookworm Grub (deb12u1). > > I don't understand. To my understanding, booted into Debian 11 on > hd0. > > A new-to-me detail is hd0 having FAT and hd1 having GPT. > According to this, OK for Grub2. > https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#BIOS-installation
Modern drives use GPT partitioning, and modern computers generally have UEFI firmware rather than BIOS. The EFI partition *must* be one of the FAT family, for any OS using UEFI. -- Joe
