07-18-2020, 10:38 AM
(07-18-2020, 05:21 AM)Udayendu Kar link Wrote: [ -> ][...]But with the default installer why I am getting the error with LL 5.0 ?[...]
I can create the partition manually. But when the default installer can do the task why should I do that manually ?
Hi!
Simply, because the installer has nothing to do with GPT partitioning.
Read carefully what Jerry said about the UEFI support in Linux Lite:
(05-31-2020, 09:36 PM)Jerry link Wrote: [ -> ]Release Announcement
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Changes:
UEFI is now supported out of the box. It is recommended that you disable Secure Boot even though it will work, it's just a huge hassle to have it enabled. See the new inbuilt Help Manual for ways to do this on the Start page.
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- Detailed UEFI & Secure Boot information
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But I thought Linux Lite didn't support UEFI?
For those that don't follow us and our development, that was a common misconception. We've actually supported UEFI since Series 2.x, that's nearly 6 years now. You've gotten the same programs, features and tweaks as all the other Linux Lite releases, just with UEFI added. The only difference that's ever existed was that it was never pushed in the media as the default release.
Further to the above, I said we would only provide a UEFI build as default, if our hand was forced. Without going into too much detail, you can draw your own conclusions here - https://www.anandtech.com/show/12068/int...fi-by-2020 Now was the latest we could react. It is what it is...
In a nutshell, Intel is dropping legacy BIOS's this year. That's roughly half the CPU market. I'd say 50% is a strong, impactful enough statistic for us to act in favour of our target base. Our goal after all, has always been to expose Windows and Mac users to an alternative operating system. We can't look at ourselves and say that we are doing that effectively if we restrict half of that market, some of which have never installed an OS before, to legacy technology.
How do I know if my Windows pc has UEFI?
In Windows Search, type msinfo or msinfo32 and launch the desktop app named System Information. Look for the BIOS Mode item, and if the value for it is UEFI, then you have the UEFI firmware. If it says BIOS Mode Legacy, then that’s the firmware you’re running.
Secure Boot is supported, but unless you know exactly how to handle it, it is a P.I.T.A. at best so I am going to say...you must disable Secure Boot to enable stress free computing.
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Known Issues:
No prompt to eject Media at the end of the Legacy install, prompt is available at the end of the UEFI install.
Release Notes - works only in some installation modes.
Desktop icons - English support only.
Grub - holding shift down whilst booting in UEFI mode does not bring up the Grub menu (works in Legacy mode), waiting for Ubuntu fix.
Grub menu shows Linux Lite as 'Ubuntu'. After you install Linux Lite, you can change Grub to show 'Linux Lite':
Jerry and the team.
Further more, I installed Linux Lite on a UEFI machine (See left, Dell Precision T1700) and works fine, I already made lots of updates, one of them yesterday, another, today and everything works fine.
I do all partitioning BEFORE anything else, because I always make CUSTOM installations (/home and /data partitions that need to be left as they are and mounted at boot time.)
Below is the layout of my SSD:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3069450323102858
I guess it is obvious that the boot partition has a bootloader and it works.
And the "Legacy Mode" is disabled, because I need to backup with CloneZilla (which I already did, twice) and if this is enabled, CloneZilla raises errors when checking if images can be restored.
So yeah, it definitely works!
Read carefully the Lite Manual and GOOD LUCK!
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