On Saturday 31 December 2016 12:56:59 Felmon Davis wrote: > greets! > > I want to install Trinity on a multiboot uefi system. I think I've > messed up the uefi already so I am wary about doing something that > renders the system unbootable. (will of course do backup but still...) > > it's got Windows 7 and NetRunner on it. csm is turned on (which I > think is part of the problem) and of course secure boot and fast boot > are off. > CSM? Definition plz. > when it boots it goes into BIOS, ok UEFI, and I can choose or it > defaults to Linux. my preference would be to have a grub interface but > so be it for now. > > suppose I now install Trinity. should I let it write to the mbr or > rather to its own partition? > > if you know a good (detailed but essentials highlighted) online > reference, that would be great. as yet I'm confused about the logic of > uefi. So am I as I've not bought a board with a UEFI bios on it yet. However, there is not a single reason trinity, to my knowledge, writes anything to the MBR. > thanks for advice! > > f. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
