Re: rawhide net install image doesn't work with bios partitions

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On Wed, 29 May 2019 12:12:12 -0700
Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Please use the fdisk output instead.  Partition type names are much
> more useful than numbers.

Device          Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda1     2097152    4194303    2097152    1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda2     4194304    6291455    2097152    1G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda3     6291456   48234495   41943040   20G Linux swap
/dev/sda4    48234496  572522495  524288000  250G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5   572522496 1096810495  524288000  250G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda6  1096810496 5860532223 4763721728  2.2T Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda7        2048       6143       4096    2M BIOS boot
/dev/sda8        6144    2097151    2091008 1021M EFI System

> What happens if you set the firmware to only boot UEFI, no legacy or 
> CSM?  Or try using a USB flash drive instead.

It helpfully resets it to allow CSM when it boots.  :-)

> How do you get rid of the MBR?  Are you referring to the BIOS boot 
> partition?  The MBR is the first sector on the hard drive.

Reformat it as something like ext4.  I suppose vfat would be better.

> The installer can only go with the mode it was booted in.  For one 
> thing, if you aren't in UEFI mode, there is no way to configure the
> boot loader entry.

That explains it.  I can try a USB, but it booted UEFI constantly
before, so it can, it just isn't.  And the setting options for USB are
the same as those for CD.  I'm going to ponder the situation for a
while.
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