[arch-general] USB flash installation medium in BIOS machines

Łukasz Michalski lm at zork.pl
Mon Nov 2 14:17:09 UTC 2020


On 02/11/2020 12.23, Juergen Werner via arch-general wrote:
> I just double checked and I don't see any mentioning of UEFI or CSM in
> the BIOS settings. I always used legacy BIOS instructions and setup
> before and it always worked on this machine (Acer Travelmate TM8473T).
>
> But I can imagine, that this BIOS is somewhat tainted with EFI, because
> at that time it was just getting introduced to the general public.

There should be two separate entries in boot menu for booting in UEFI mode and Legacy BIOS mode.
What choices do you have if you open boot device menu?

Regards,
Łukasz


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