On Sun, 12 May 2019 19:46:31 -0400 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
Stephen Berman composed on 2019-05-13 01:14 (UTC+0200):
On Sun, 12 May 2019 23:15:33 +0200 "Carlos E. R." wrote:
(the proper filesystem for /boot, if it exists, is ext2).
I seem to recall that advice from older installations; is it still considered valid?
"A" proper filesystem, not "the" proper filesystem. It's still the only type I use. I consider a journal a waste of space on a small filesystem on which writes are infrequent, but I have other reasons as well.
Ok.
If you are going to install again, disable legacy and go for pure EFI, and wipe the disk. Just install then Leap but not using the entire disk to leave space for TW.
With everything I've understood you to have said before, this advice surprises me. Why pure EFI? Legacy seems much simpler, and it's worked fine for me till now for booting multiple systems installed on the same machine. IMO, neither is much simpler than the other. The big difference is how complicated Grub got being scattered about more than 6 filesystem locations, non-filesystem locations, with GPT partitioning and UEFI, in addition to keeping BIOS/MBR. The perceived difference I believe to be more likely due to familiarity with MBR and unfamiliarity with GPT.
That's certainly the case with me.
Or is it really inadvisable to keep CSM support enable in the BIOS, installing Leap and TW using EFI but leaving the option of legacy booting for other systems that may not support EFI the was openSUSE does? I would expect MBR/BIOS support to remain constant or regress over the life of your new Tuxedo PC, while UEFI grows and improves.
Yeah, that's probably the best reason to switch. Steve Berman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org