Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years?
On Sun 27 Dec 2020 at 22:10:53 (+0000), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 08:33:26AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:01:22 +0000 "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Bug??: DI incorrectly detected this machine as having EFI.
> > > >
> > > At the beginning? Did you get presented with the UEFI install and did
> > > it try to install grub-efi at the end (or did it just ask whether you
> > > wanted to install grub in the efi fallback path - which is normal
> >
> > The latter. But why even ask about the EFI backup path if there is no
> > EFI??
> >
> Because that's a default "if all else fails look here" location, perhaps?
As I was offered this screen even on my 2000 PentiumIII/Seattle2 PC,
I've always assumed that the d-i was led astray by the fact that the
ISO is itself UEFI-aware.
> It doesn't make a lot of difference: grub is installed as more or less the
> last step in installation anyway.
And better to give you a screen you don't need rather than not give
you one that you do need.
> There are bits of deep magic if you want to convert a machine that's been
> installed using Legacy Boot to one using UEFI - but it's not straightforward.
What would be the benefit of UEFI booting on a machine that can
already BIOS boot? The reason I ask is because I have recently wiped
Windows from a laptop that booted Windows with UEFI, but linux with
the BIOS. Any reason to change?
Cheers,
David.
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