Bug#773311: confusing dialogue on lack of EFI system partition on non-x86
Package: partman-efi Severity: wishlist When attempting to install Jessie (daily snapshot from today) on arm64, with an already partitioned disk without an EFI System Partition, the following dialogue appears: --- │ This machine's firmware has started the installer in UEFI mode but it │ │ looks like there may be existing operating systems already installed │ │ using BIOS compatibility mode. If you continue to install Debian in │ │ UEFI mode, it might be difficult to reboot the machine into any │ ┌│ BIOS-mode operating systems later.│ │ │ │ │ │ If you wish to install in UEFI mode and don't care about keeping the │ │ │ ability to boot one of the existing systems, you have the option to │ │ │ force that here. If you wish to keep the option to boot an existing │ │ │ operating system, you should choose NOT to force UEFI installation│ └│ here. │ │ │ │ Force UEFI installation? │ --- Since there never existed a BIOS compatibility mode on arm64, this message is quite misleading. Could we simply suppress this message on non-x86? Lack of an EFI system partition would make itself known later on anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAF7UmSzk85ScNz7MvfNz+_ELver6TQN_5VPXNsKRuuNW=j6...@mail.gmail.com
Bug#773311: confusing dialogue on lack of EFI system partition on non-x86
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 06:17:32PM +, Leif Lindholm wrote: Package: partman-efi Severity: wishlist When attempting to install Jessie (daily snapshot from today) on arm64, with an already partitioned disk without an EFI System Partition, the following dialogue appears: --- │ This machine's firmware has started the installer in UEFI mode but it │ │ looks like there may be existing operating systems already installed │ │ using BIOS compatibility mode. If you continue to install Debian in │ │ UEFI mode, it might be difficult to reboot the machine into any │ ┌│ BIOS-mode operating systems later.│ │ │ │ │ │ If you wish to install in UEFI mode and don't care about keeping the │ │ │ ability to boot one of the existing systems, you have the option to │ │ │ force that here. If you wish to keep the option to boot an existing │ │ │ operating system, you should choose NOT to force UEFI installation│ └│ here. │ │ │ │ Force UEFI installation? │ --- Since there never existed a BIOS compatibility mode on arm64, this message is quite misleading. Could we simply suppress this message on non-x86? Lack of an EFI system partition would make itself known later on anyway. Patches welcome! :-P -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141216183301.gb7...@einval.com
