Pro@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-29 days agoFedora Wants to Drop UEFI Boot Support on MBRfedoraproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.worldlinux@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkFedora Wants to Drop UEFI Boot Support on MBRfedoraproject.orgPro@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square17linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.worldlinux@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·9 days agoAs much as I resonate with the issues, in this case, this isn’t what they’re doing at all. This drops support only for UEFI on the MBR partition scheme typically used by a BIOS setup, which I honestly didn’t even know was possible. This ends support for no hardware - almost all distro installations on UEFI have defaulted to GPT partition tables for a long time.
As much as I resonate with the issues, in this case, this isn’t what they’re doing at all.
This drops support only for UEFI on the MBR partition scheme typically used by a BIOS setup, which I honestly didn’t even know was possible.
This ends support for no hardware - almost all distro installations on UEFI have defaulted to GPT partition tables for a long time.