Bug#773311: confusing dialogue on lack of EFI system partition on non-x86
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 06:17:32PM +0000, Leif Lindholm wrote:
>Package: partman-efi
>Severity: wishlist
>
>When attempting to install Jessie (daily snapshot from today) on
>arm64, with an already partitioned disk without an EFI System
>Partition, the following dialogue appears:
>---
> │ This machine's firmware has started the installer in UEFI mode but it │
> │ looks like there may be existing operating systems already installed │
> │ using "BIOS compatibility mode". If you continue to install Debian in │
> │ UEFI mode, it might be difficult to reboot the machine into any │
>┌│ BIOS-mode operating systems later. │
>│ │ │
>│ │ If you wish to install in UEFI mode and don't care about keeping the │
>│ │ ability to boot one of the existing systems, you have the option to │
>│ │ force that here. If you wish to keep the option to boot an existing │
>│ │ operating system, you should choose NOT to force UEFI installation │
>└│ here. │
> │ │
> │ Force UEFI installation? │
>---
>
>Since there never existed a "BIOS compatibility mode" on arm64, this
>message is quite misleading.
>Could we simply suppress this message on non-x86? Lack of an EFI
>system partition would make itself known later on anyway.
Patches welcome! :-P
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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