2012/8/21 Thomas Backlund <[email protected]> > Maurice Batey skrev 21.8.2012 21:11: > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:52:43 +0800, Goh Lip wrote: >> >> Most likely, your disk is GPT partitioned and windows 7 installed on it >>> with at least 2 partitions (one for boot and probably one more for >>> recovery besides the usual OS partition). >>> >> >> If that's the case then I get the feeling that Magiea-2 will not >> install alongside Windows7. >> Is that true? >> >> > > Nope, installing it alongside is not a problem. > > The thing that is missing is a efi capable bootloader > (wich is why I used the fedora grub-efi from > > http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-**bootloaders/grub_legacy.html<http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/grub_legacy.html> > ) > > > > If so, then - as I don't really want to use Windows on this netbook - >> perhaps the simplest approach for me would be to re-format the whole >> disk with a non-GPT setup, and install Mageia-2 on that. >> Would that be a workable approach? >> Would this 'UEFI' motherboard handle such a disk properly? >> >> > > If you dont need windows 7, then it's probably easier to disable > uefi (if you can) and do a "old style" install. > > -- > > Thomas > > > >From my general experience with ASUS Sabertooth 990FX, the motherboard I use to write this:
Contrary to myth, there's no problems with GRUB Legacy or GRUB2, and MS-DOS-type partitions on (U)EFI. GPT will also create a hybrid structure, so the disks should go straight into older systems, and work. -- Olav Dahlum PGP key ID: 0xA6BD1795
