Re: Bug#763127: UEFI corner case - installer booted in UEFI mode, existing system in BIOS mode
On Sun, 2014-09-28 at 18:54 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 10:26:20AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 08:48:11AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > >On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 02:28:06AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> > >> If the user wants to continue, we could even suggest blanking the
> > >> partition table(s) and starting again with GPT, but I don't think
> > >> we currently have a "blank partition table" option exposed within
> > >> d-i?
> > >>
> > >> What do people think of this plan? What have I missed?
> > >
> > >Isn't it better to run this test in partman-efi's isinstallable script?
> > >Then if things are set up in the described way, grub-efi just won't be
> > >installed, but the normal grub will, and the system will continue to
> > >boot in BIOS fallback as before.
> >
> > That was my initial thought, but then someone pointed out: what
> > happens to a user who explicitly *wants* to replace their existing
> > legacy system with a new UEFI one?
>
> If that is a warning (as opposed to error) message saying something
> along the lines of "note that with this setup you won't be able to boot
> your current system anymore", then that isn't an actual problem. A user
> who is planning to replace a system shouldn't be worried about the
> installer warning them that they can't boot the (to be replaced) old
> system anymore, and can safely ignore that message.
I was thinking more along the lines of a yes/no question which would
either cause partman-efi.isinstallable to fail or not. Allowing
selection between the "wants to convert to EFI" and "wants to stick with
regular grub not grub-efi" cases.
Ian.
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