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