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create the wrong partition table type on an old laptop (no uefi) #58

Open stephane-archer opened 2 years ago

stephane-archer commented 2 years ago

Hi, I'm not sure I'm reporting an issue in the right place. Please let me know if it's not the right place.

I recently reinstall Linux mint 21 on an old laptop. I use the live installer and I ask for a new partition table. I didn't see any type option but I was expecting it will select the recommended one for my laptop then I move on to the other step. The install succeed but I wasn't able to boot after the restart.

I fix the problem by creating the table partition to ms-doos using Gparted then reinstalling Linux mint. I imagine the type created by the installer is gpt even if it's an old laptop (no uefi)

A solution would be to ask for a type of partition table like Gparted or to make them ms-doos if the laptop is not compatible with uefi From my understanding eufi and gpt are linked together but I'm not sure.