XPost: alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:14:34 +0000, Ar wrote:   
      
   > Interesting, but I really don't care about secure boot (switched off   
   > that Microsoft crap although every new BIOS update switches that   
   > Microsoft crap back on).   
      
   How many BIOS updates are there? If you mean each BIOS change, then   
   maybe it is a procedure problem.   
      
   > I AM bothered about not being able to install Mageia in a separate   
   > partition on the same drive because of GPT partition, the Mageia   
   > installer does not know there are any partitions on the drive   
   > already.   
      
   No idea about Mageia 2, but Mageia 3 found a few partitions.   
   $ grep uuid /etc/fstab_vinstall   
   UUID=E858B4EB58B4BA20 /media/win_c ntfs-3g defaults 0 0   
   UUID=07378A593F364047 /media/win_d ntfs-3g defaults 0 0   
   UUID=4614B60114B5F451 /media/win_e ntfs-3g defaults 0 0   
      
      
   > If I boot into already running Mageia on a different drive, gparted   
   > shows all partitions on the drive I want to use.   
   >   
   > So I can't dual boot Win7 and Mageia. There are just two things I need   
   > Windows for, and they don't work in a Virtualbox.   
      
   If I want to boot Win8, shudder, I'll navigate to the boot override   
   selection. Spent about 2 days in bios hell trying to make sense of   
   what it takes to set it to the good old days boot sequence. I still do   
   not know how to do it. Second time I managed to get it right, I   
   stopped and have not been back to document what I have/need for just   
   booting Linux the old fashion way.   
      
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