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<blockquote data-quote="Tracer_Bullet" data-source="post: 2513616" data-attributes="member: 102285"><p>Could be wrong, but i don't think this is possible anymore with EFI, thats my point.</p><p></p><p>You likely had issue with mbr system which uses starting sectors of hard disk for boot info. This is not relevant anymore.</p><p>At best, windows/bios might change the boot order which i think happened once to me after windows install on old motherboard.</p><p></p><p>I have had boot loader issues many time before. Not once with UEFI. Not once has windows messed up linux and vv for me.</p><p>With mbr method, we had to either take a backup of mbr before installing windows or reinstall grub from live cd using fakeroot.</p><p>Never needed it again once i started using EFI.</p><p></p><p>Note that disks have to be in gpt format before installing os. Once we install with mbr it becomes more difficult to switch to efi.</p><p></p><p>EFI is very simple. Just need to be familiar. Disable legacy support in bios, install windows, let it create EFI partition etc. Then install linux, make sure it uses EFI partition by marking as EFI ( probably does by default, dunno). After install, select linux as default boot option in bios. Boot into linux and run update-grub if windows is not part of bootloader options. Done</p><p></p><p>Anyway, either works and what seems simple is perhaps influenced by what is familair. OP can experiment and decide. EFI is the modern way of doing things and some gpu features requires it.</p><p></p><p>No harm in installing into two separate disks whether through mbr or uefi.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tracer_Bullet, post: 2513616, member: 102285"] Could be wrong, but i don't think this is possible anymore with EFI, thats my point. You likely had issue with mbr system which uses starting sectors of hard disk for boot info. This is not relevant anymore. At best, windows/bios might change the boot order which i think happened once to me after windows install on old motherboard. I have had boot loader issues many time before. Not once with UEFI. Not once has windows messed up linux and vv for me. With mbr method, we had to either take a backup of mbr before installing windows or reinstall grub from live cd using fakeroot. Never needed it again once i started using EFI. Note that disks have to be in gpt format before installing os. Once we install with mbr it becomes more difficult to switch to efi. EFI is very simple. Just need to be familiar. Disable legacy support in bios, install windows, let it create EFI partition etc. Then install linux, make sure it uses EFI partition by marking as EFI ( probably does by default, dunno). After install, select linux as default boot option in bios. Boot into linux and run update-grub if windows is not part of bootloader options. Done Anyway, either works and what seems simple is perhaps influenced by what is familair. OP can experiment and decide. EFI is the modern way of doing things and some gpu features requires it. No harm in installing into two separate disks whether through mbr or uefi. [/QUOTE]
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