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commit 761e91c9e9d1a9bd4e1721c15695922dcec59ced
Author: Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Apr 5 16:57:02 2026 +0800
non-x86-efi: creatingpartition: drop references to (x86 legacy) BIOS
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chapter02/creatingpartition.xml | 27 ---------------------------
1 file changed, 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml
index 8b04fb6cf..97d14a4bf 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml
@@ -104,29 +104,6 @@
occurrence, the best solution is to purchase more RAM for your
system.</para> </sect3>
- <sect3>
- <title>The Grub BIOS Partition</title>
-
- <para>If the <emphasis>boot disk</emphasis> has been partitioned with a
- GUID Partition Table (GPT), then a small, typically 1 MB, partition must be
- created if the system is being booted with BIOS and it does not already
- exist. This partition is not formatted, but must be available for GRUB to
- use during installation of the boot loader. This partition will normally
- be labeled 'BIOS Boot' if using <command>fdisk</command> or have a code of
- <emphasis>EF02</emphasis> if using the <command>gdisk</command>
- command.</para>
-
- <para>If the boot disk is partitioned with an MBR Partition Table, or DOS
- disklabel, then this partition is not needed as space already exists before
- the first partition that Grub can use.</para>
-
- <note><para>The Grub BIOS partition must be on the drive that the BIOS
- uses to boot the system. This is not necessarily the drive that holds
- the LFS root partition. The disks on a system may use different
- partition table types. The necessity of the Grub BIOS partition depends
- only on the partition table type of the boot disk.</para></note>
- </sect3>
-
<sect3>
<title>The EFI System Partition</title>
@@ -145,10 +122,6 @@
<para>For Grub, the EFI System Partion should be located at
<filename class="directory">/boot/efi</filename>.</para>
- <para>A lot of UEFI systems have a Compatibility Support Mode (CSM) or
- Legacy Boot option, allowing to boot with BIOS. It could be a good idea to
- create a Grub BIOS partition if your system supports CSM in case UEFI
- booting does not work as expected.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
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