From: suzyw0ng@outlook.com   
      
   David Chmelik wrote:   
   > I'm interested in GNU/Linux OS distributions allowing classic BIOS boot.   
   > In 1997 college computer science, I started with *BSD UNIX & Slackware   
   > GNU/Linux, and those still allow.  They say 'if you try Debian, you learn   
   > Debian; if you try RedHat, you learn RedHat; if you try Slackware you   
   > learn GNU/Linux', and similarly (learning less than Slackware) for   
   > anything newer.  I tried Debian, RedHat soon after, then many.  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, and which (I will state some) can you still boot   
   > classic BIOS just with installer (maybe even shell non-network command)?   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Just had a look at two I have running at the moment:   
   Manjaro on Ivy Bridge   
   Sparky on Skylake   
   neither have /boot/efi directory   
   I usually choose old-school MBR/BIOS booting   
      
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