On 18 April 2013 15:29, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote:
> On a hard disk the EFI system partition is a separate partition, but I
> did not think this was the case on removable media.  I thought for CDs
> you just got an /EFI directory within the normal iso9660 filesystem.
>
> I thought the the partition table is part of the new hybrid cd stuff and
> is only used when you dd the image directly to a flash drive, and isn't
> required to boot the installer in EFI mode.
>

I'm not sure when/where it's needed, but it is present on the ISO. And
thus i'd expect it to be present on the burned CD/DVD and hence the
concern that older 32-bit BIOS can trip on that.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.

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  Ubuntu i386 images are not compatible with recent (UEFI) computers

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