Installation without UEFI

conatus · 03-07-2022, 04:21 AM

I'll install Slackware 15 now on a UEFI computer. Can I just install, the old, normal way, without having any EFI-partition and always run from BIOS Legacy. Are there any risks?

rkelsen · 03-07-2022, 04:38 AM

Some motherboards will allow you to switch between the two methods. But if this is a branded machine or laptop you've got Buckley's.

I have to ask though, why not use EFI? Slackware's installer works seamlessly on EFI machines, as long as you switch off secure boot, of course.

conatus · 03-07-2022, 06:13 AM

That's because my computer NVME drive and I've seen a lot of people having problems making that working.

rkelsen · 03-07-2022, 06:16 AM

All the more reason you should use EFI.

conatus · 03-07-2022, 06:20 AM

Are there any instructions you would recommend? I haven't installed Slackware since 2016...(on a non-uefi-machine).

knet · 03-07-2022, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by conatus

Are there any instructions you would recommend? I haven't installed Slackware since 2016...(on a non-uefi-machine).

Hey I'm not rkelsen but maybe this will help Installing Slackware on UEFI-based hardware

conatus · 03-07-2022, 08:02 AM

Thanks a lot!

knet · 03-07-2022, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by conatus

Thanks a lot!

No problem. Glad to help.

cwizardone · 03-07-2022, 08:47 AM

There is also the "readme" at, http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/slackware64-current/
My apologies if that is a duplicate.

conatus · 03-07-2022, 10:12 AM

That wasn't a duplicate. Now, nothing can go wrong! Thanks!