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Doctorscrad 08-18-2019 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ondoho (Post 6026339)
no, it doesn't matter; it's (almost) the same grub on all distros.

BTW, I do not recommend Parrot at all.
you don't recommend to allow Parrot to be the lead grub distro or you completely disavow the OS completely?

bodge99 08-18-2019 11:34 AM
Hi,

Just to mention, if you place Grub in the EFI partition, then no distro has "lead Grub". You can install anything.. as long as you can identify the location of the kernel and initrd/initramfs (if used), then you can boot it..

Bodge99

BW-userx 08-18-2019 06:10 PM
Parrot is just something that you're going to need to understand more than just point and click in Linux.

tofino_surfer 08-18-2019 07:09 PM
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Keep in mind that a (MBR) hard drive can have only 4 primary partitions, one of which is usually swap. If you need more than that, you need to create an extended partition first, which can then hold many more partitions.
Why would a Linux-only user in 2019 even use MBR partitions on a brand new drive ? Even with legacy BIOS you can use GPT. I have a BIOS/GPT system with four distros on the same SSD. This comment is several years out of date.

It should say "If you need more than that you should use a GPT partition table with up to 128 primary partitions."

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1 Tb SDD
What is an SDD ?

SSD = Solid State Drive
HDD = Hard Disk Drive

BW-userx 08-18-2019 07:50 PM
I got hdd's that I still use MBR because the gpt table is for >= 2 or 3 TB? then one is "forced" to use UEFI boot or one will not see and be able to use the access if it is MBR partition.

Which, me personally, I see no real added benefit of EFI boot, over a MBR boot. as I do not have any drives that meet the requirement for GPT limits, I just stay MBR for its ease of use.

it works just fine, three primaries, and extended on the last one then whatever after that. I am not going to get into all of the particulars.

ondoho 08-19-2019 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Doctorscrad (Post 6026496)
you don't recommend to allow Parrot to be the lead grub distro or you completely disavow the OS completely?
no no, parrot can take care of your grub.

I have written about parrot os before, after people posting about weird problems. can't find it now, LQ search is broken :(

tofino_surfer 08-26-2019 12:48 PM
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I got hdd's that I still use MBR because the gpt table is for >= 2 or 3 TB? then one is "forced" to use UEFI boot or one will not see and be able to use the access if it is MBR partition.
This was never true. This is a Linux forum not a MS one. Linux has no problems with legacy BIOS and GPT. As mentioned I have been using BIOS with GPT since 2011. Linux can even handle UEFI and MBR partitions. Linux only users are not forced to use UEFI.

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Which, me personally, I see no real added benefit of EFI boot, over a MBR boot.
Your hardware is 64 bits. EFI firmware is 64 bits. Ancient BIOS is only 16 bits from the 1980s. You don't see the advantages of 64 bit firmware with 64 bit hardware ? There are numerous other advantages as well. For example EFI has built-in USB support. Since grub2 has no XHCI support you can't boot from USB3 with BIOS.


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