notbob wrote:
> On 2018-05-16, songbird > wrote:
>
>> the installer is running in UEFI mode and not bios mode
>
> I finally figured out how to get to my BIOS. I thought I wanted
> 'legacy' mode. ????

well if it works for you you can keep it.

with fairly new hardware i wanted to see
how this new stuff worked. the breaking of it
made me learn a bit more quickly than i'd
planned.

i was trying to get some things set up on a USB
stick so i could boot from there if i wanted
and i also have a separate partition for booting
a more stable version than what i usually run in
case something goes very wrong.


>> otherwise you may be installing without getting the
>> UEFI stuff and then it is a PITA to get it changed to
>> UEFI again.
>>
>> i just went through this on this machine and since i
>> didn't know anything about UEFI i didn't know about the
>> different modes and ended up having to figure it all out
>> and fix it.
>
> Sounds like I may be headed down that same road. I'll take all the
> help I can, as I am getting old and am set in my lazy ways. You mean
> I gotta learn this crap all over, again!?

no, just go legacy mode and ignore the rest of it.
if it works don't break it.


>> refind is a very helpful utility and the configuration
>> file in /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/refind.conf can be easily edited
>> (see the samples at the end if you want something specific).
>> your final destination may be different than mine so the
>> above path is only a guess for your system.
>
> Thnx, songbird.

y.w.


songbird