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   David W. Hodgins to David Chmelik   
   Re: GNU/Linux OS distributions allowing    
   23 Jun 24 00:53:54   
   
   From: dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:46:23 -0400, David Chmelik  wrote:   
   > I'm interested in GNU/Linux OS distributions allowing classic BIOS boot.   
      
      
   Mageia supports using either efi of bios firmware booting. How an installed   
   system boots depends on which firmware mode the installer was booted using.   
   https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installing_on_systems_with_UEFI_firmware   
      
   I'm using bios firmware mode on this 2012 desktop system, and uefi mode on a   
   newer laptop.   
      
   Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
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