Maurice Batey wrote: > On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:31:56 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote: > >> If you dont need windows 7, then it's probably easier to disable >> uefi (if you can) and do a "old style" install. > > The only 'UEFI' part of the BIOS Setup is the one I described > earlier: > > "UEFI Boot support: > 'Enabled': System boots Legacy OS and UEFI OS > 'Disabled': System boots Legacy OS only" > > It is Disabled, but I don't know yet if the drive has GPT or legacy > partitioning. > So the $64 question is: > > If I ask the Mageia-2 DVD.iso installer to install on this drive, will > it only be able to do it if it does *not* have GPT partitions, or - > (if I invite it to take over the whole drive) will it be able to install > if it is GPT, or - if not - will it be able to format the whole drive as > non-GPT and then install? > > I kniow that's a lot of questions, but I hope you can see what I'm > getting at!
Put the dvd in the drive and find out. Recently I installed Mageia 2 onto a PIII with a GPTed disk. The installer only gave the options of reformatting the whole disk or using the partitions already defined. I don't remember whether or not it was a hybrid partition table. -- blind Pete Sig goes here...
