On 12/30/24 23:02, Marc Shapiro wrote:
On 12/27/24 8:19 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Thu 26 Dec 2024 at 14:30:38 (-0800), David Christensen wrote:
On 12/26/24 11:35, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
On Saturday 21 December 2024 08:14:11 pm Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
On Saturday 21 December 2024 02:20:20 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
Set the machine to boot in UEFI mode if this is available rather
than
legacy MBR / both.
Why is this preferable?
?
UEFI features I like:
1. UEFI firmware provides Secure Boot and the Debian Installer can
create a system with appropriately signed software (boot loader?
kernel?). This makes it harder for malware to infect the system and
can prevent corrupt software from trashing the system.
2. GPT puts two copies of the partition table on disk. If one gets
trashed, the system can still boot; making recovery easier.
3. GPT supports labels for partitions. This allows me to use
meaningful names when configuring and using partitions.
4. GPT has no need for extended and logical partitions, and all
that troublesome CHS stuff.
Cheers,
David.
What about LVM? Is it usable (or even useful) with UEFI?
Marc
Good question Marc. I'm searching for someone who knows how to combine
4 ea 4T SSD's into one volume for use with amanda, the lvm docs are
somewhat confusing, lacking the context that actually teaches.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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