On Tuesday, 24 September 2019 19:01:27 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:50:44 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > 1. I remember, dimly, that while commissioning this machine from new, > > I had trouble installing and running grub:2. I knew even less about > > UEFI systems then, so if I were to try it again now I might find a way. > > But I hate the damn thing, so as long as I don't need it it's not > > getting near my machines. > > I thought you were using systemd-boot, not GRUB? GRUB may need the > protected MBR space, but I only use GRUB on non-UEFI systems, where the > blank partition is needed with GPT partitioning. Indeed I am not using grub. This reference was an aside - a literal footnote - a memory from 3.5 years ago when I was setting up a new machine and trying to get it to boot. And failing, with grub. Since then, no grub on UEFI systems here. -- Regards, Peter.
