Difference between revisions of "UEFI - Install Guide"

UEFI - Install Guide (view source)

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The process described works fine with an MBR disk. Minor edits to grammar

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 = Switching from BIOS to UEFI =
-For UEFI install the Disk partition table should be of type '''GPT (Guid Partition Table).'''
+) You need to create an ''ESP (EFI System Partition)''.
-If you dont want to format your hard disk to GPT, but instead want to migrate from MBR to GPT while trying to save your data, can have a look at
+It is a FAT32 partition which has the .efi files for booting, which you can create using gparted or gdisk. (Size at least 200-300 MiB.) Ensure the flags `boot` and `esp` are set on this partition.
-http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html
+You should also install/check whether following packages are present-
-) You would need to create an ''ESP (EFI System Partition)''.
-It is a FAT32 partition which has the .efi files for booting, which you can create using Gparted or gdisk. (Size 200-512 MiB).
-You would also need to install/check whether following packages are present-
 . efibootmgr