Re: How to install GRUB on removable media?

From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: How to install GRUB on removable media?
Date	2021-09-15 22:20 +0000
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Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 15/09/2021 14.54, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> Le 15/09/2021 ? 13:59, Carlos E. R. a ?crit :
>>>
>>> Of course, disk must be GPT.
>> 
>> GPT is not mandatory for EFI boot (and conversely). Otherwise why does
>> an "EFI system partition" type exist in DOS/MBR ?
> 
> If that is so, it will depend on the particular implementation in your
> computer firmware. I'm not going to try. AFAIK, YaST (openSUSE
> installer) refuses to do it.

I've got a PC which only boots via EFI and it's boot disk is DOS
partitioned, using the EFI ID for the boot partition. Works fine.

Drives (eg. USB) can be partitioned as both GPT and DOS (if you
ignore various warnings), as well as with both EFI and MBR booting
set up, so that they will boot anywhere. I've done it, but it's a
bit of a process.

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How to install GRUB on removable media? Robert Latest <boblatest@yahoo.com> - 2021-09-14 19:44 +0000
  Re: How to install GRUB on removable media? Robert Latest <boblatest@yahoo.com> - 2021-09-14 19:51 +0000
  Re: How to install GRUB on removable media? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2021-09-15 08:15 +0200
  Re: How to install GRUB on removable media? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-15 13:59 +0200
    Re: How to install GRUB on removable media? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2021-09-15 14:54 +0200
      Re: How to install GRUB on removable media? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-15 16:21 +0200
        Re: How to install GRUB on removable media? "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-15 18:04 +0300
        Re: How to install GRUB on removable media? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2021-09-15 22:20 +0000

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