Legacy mode issue installing Ubuntu 16.04

[Petter Adsen]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:34:38AM +0100, Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:
> In this bios version you can choose between the two, and in the setup I
> chose legacy.  In the boot menu itself, which comes up if you use the built
> in reset option (using a paper clip) there is no choice between legacy and
> UEFI to boot the usb, unfortunately.

One more thing; if you create (or have the installer create) an ESP and install
16.04 in UEFI mode, 15.10 _should_ show up in the Grub menu even if it was
installed in Legacy mode, so you _should_ be able to choose between them on
boot. I've never done this, but I can't quite see a reason why this would not
work. You might also need to install the UEFI Grub package under 15.10, but
other than that I'd expect it to Just Work™.

> For the moment I think I will leave things as is, and do a fresh install of
> 16.10 once it becomes official, perhaps towards the end of the support
> period of 15.10, which is working quite well.

Probably safer - if it ain't broke, don't fix it :-)

Petter

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