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Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years?

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On Sun 27 Dec 2020 at 22:10:53 (+0000), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 08:33:26AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:01:22 +0000 "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Bug??: DI incorrectly detected this machine as having EFI.
> > > >   
> > > At the beginning? Did you get presented with the UEFI install and did
> > > it try to install grub-efi at the end (or did it just ask whether you
> > > wanted to install grub in the efi fallback path - which is normal
> > 
> > The latter. But why even ask about the EFI backup path if there is no
> > EFI??
> > 
> Because that's a default "if all else fails look here" location, perhaps?

As I was offered this screen even on my 2000 PentiumIII/Seattle2 PC,
I've always assumed that the d-i was led astray by the fact that the
ISO is itself UEFI-aware.

> It doesn't make a lot of difference: grub is installed as more or less the
> last step in installation anyway.

And better to give you a screen you don't need rather than not give
you one that you do need.

> There are bits of deep magic if you want to convert a machine that's been
> installed using Legacy Boot to one using UEFI - but it's not straightforward.

What would be the benefit of UEFI booting on a machine that can
already BIOS boot? The reason I ask is because I have recently wiped
Windows from a laptop that booted Windows with UEFI, but linux with
the BIOS. Any reason to change?

Cheers,
David.

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FW: Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support  for 3 years? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-15 10:10 +0100
  Re: FW: Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-12-15 11:50 +0100
    Re: FW: Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term  support for 3 years? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-15 12:50 +0100
      Re: FW: Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-12-15 14:50 +0100
        Re: FW: Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term  support for 3 years? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-12-15 17:30 +0100
        Re: FW: Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support  for 3 years? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-16 01:00 +0100
          Re: FW: Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-12-16 09:20 +0100
      Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-12-15 14:50 +0100
        Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-12-21 12:50 +0100
          Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3          years? Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2020-12-21 15:50 +0100
            Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-12-21 18:00 +0100
          Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2020-12-21 16:30 +0100
            Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-12-21 16:50 +0100
              Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3          years? Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2020-12-22 01:30 +0100
                Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-12-22 12:40 +0100
              Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-12-26 23:50 +0100
                Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-12-27 12:10 +0100
                Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-12-27 17:00 +0100
                Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-12-27 23:20 +0100
                Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-12-28 02:50 +0100
                Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3  years? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-12-27 19:20 +0100

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