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live-images: add details for GRUB on BIOS and GPT.
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Closes: #428 [via git-merge-pr]
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Harrison Thorne authored and ericonr committed Aug 3, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ create a partition (typically between 200MB-1GB) of type `EFI System`, which
will be mounted at `/boot/efi`.

If using BIOS, it is recommended you select MBR for the partition table.
Advanced users may use GPT but will need to create a special BIOS partition for
`grub` to boot.
Advanced users may use GPT but will need to [create a special BIOS
partition](./partitions.md#bios-system-notes) for `grub` to boot.

See the [Partitioning Notes](./partitions.md) for more details about
partitioning your disk.
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Expand Up @@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ The following sections will detail the options for partition configuration.
## BIOS system notes

It is recommended that you create an MBR partition table if you are using a BIOS
boot system. This will limit the number of partitions you create to four. It is
possible to install a GPT partition table on a BIOS system, but grub will need a
special partition to boot properly.
boot system. This will limit the number of partitions you create to four.

It is possible to use a GPT partition table on a BIOS system, but GRUB will
require a special partition to boot properly. This partition should be at the
beginning of your disk and have a size of 1MB, with type `BIOS boot` (GUID
`21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649`). Don't create any filesystem in it. GRUB
should then install itself successfully.

## UEFI system notes

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