On 2022-10-31 21:44, Felix Miata wrote:
David T-G composed on 2022-10-31 20:17 (UTC):
I've always hated logical partitions, though, not least because you can't boot from them
That's news to me. I've never installed any Linux distro on a primary partition on an MBR disk, all of which here BTW are multiboot, and they all have been booting, ever since last century sometime when I did my first Linux installation. Also, I've never purposely had a Linux bootloader in any MBR.
That said, GPT on UEFI PCs provides a vast improvement over traditional BIOS booting. Other than migrating working disks from a legacy system to a newer PC supporting UEFI, or continuing use of legacy-only PCs, there's /no/ good reason I can think of for MBR booting any more.
I just was told the other day that Intel is removing BIOS support from machines very soon, like now. I'm unsure how Intel is involved, it should be the UEFI/BIOS makers. This means not only bios booting, but all the Basic Input Output System, ie, all those interrupts used by MsDOS programs. I don't have a link, though. Just hearsay on Usenet. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)