On Sat, 04 May 2019 18:41:18 +0200 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nicolas George wrote: > > > That is absolutely not true. Partition data, UEFI or not, bootable > > or not, are just octets on a medium. They could be created with an > > Atari if Atari had USB plugs, that would not make any difference. > > > > The vague truth behind your statement is: > > > > To edit UEFI variables, the computer need to have booted in UEFI > > mode. > > > > The UEFI variables, the contents of the computer's non-volatile > > internal memory. Not the contents of the drive. They contain, > > amongst other things, the default boot options. They are not used > > when selecting the boot option manually. > > Yes, this is what I wanted to say - you are right. You can create the > partition with fdisk or alike, but grub refuses to install if it is > not booted in UEFI > > > > Datum: I bought a Win10 netbook six months ago. It doesn't do legacy. It appeared that Stretch was up to the job, so I made a netinstall USB stick, plugged it in and booted... Just like a normal installation, and it even left Win10 bootable at the end. -- Joe