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   Marco Moock to All   
   Re: GNU/Linux OS distributions allowing    
   23 Jun 24 08:28:24   
   
   From: mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de   
      
   On 23.06.2024 um 00:46 Uhr David Chmelik wrote:   
      
   > These are ones I tried or am trying, but apparently some (for   
   > example GNU/Linux Mint) assume you boot UEFI and to boot classic BIOS   
   > you must customize manually... am I right (or is there some installer   
   > shell preferably non- network command?) and which current of these   
   > force UEFI or otherwise manual customization,   
      
   What were these customizations?   
      
   > and which (I will state some) can you still boot classic BIOS just   
   > with installer (maybe even shell non-network command)?   
      
   All distributions I've tested support booting from a BIOS.   
   Ubuntu supports it and handles everything automatically (like the   
   bios_grub partition when using GPT).   
   Debian can also boot from BIOS.   
      
   > Please don't call classic BIOS 'legacy' as that's vague and sounds   
   > people who created it are dead, and that companies use planned   
   > obsolescence and want to force buying new hardware.   
      
   It currently is because computers have UEFI for more than 10 years and   
   for some years new ones are released that don't support CSM to emulate   
   the BIOS.   
      
   --   
   kind regards   
   Marco   
      
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