[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installation on a partition (UEFI System)

[John D Groenveld]

In message <CABC65rMtCy52d2a9ZtY=sa9EyzOftABhOqc0j2RZM97vOpYv8w at mail.gmail.com>, Atiq Rahman writes:
>I have a 1TB SSD on my notebook. I don't wanna use the whole disk. I only
>wanna use a partition for the installation. I am using the text installer
>since graphical boot is not working yet.
>
>So, it presents me with 2 options
>- Use whole disk (EFI)
>- Partition the disk (MBR)
>
>Logically, CSM / legacy bios mode is not even an option on my system
>(checked on BIOS Setup a few times). However, since, OI installer is
>presenting me with that option I am wondering if that's the only option to
>install without using the whole disk.
>
>Did anyone try that option on an EFI only device? Did that work? What's
>the recommended route?

The last time I EFI multibooted on a single disk, I GPT partitioned with
FreeBSD gpart(8) and created a zpool for the OI text installer to re-use.

If ASUStek's firmware offers a decent EFI menu, you can just use that to
select between OSs.
Otherwise I have used Rod Smith's rEFInd:
<URL:https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/>

I find multibooting a PIA and prefer VMs.

>Also, it seems like
>https://docs.openindiana.org/handbook/getting-started/#install-openindiana-graphical-installer
>is outdated: examples there use BIOS mode on photos and instructions? Most
>systems are UEFI these days (checked some older devices in our family, none
>of them have legacy BIOS mode or CSM for booting). How to contribute in
>editing the document?

<URL:https://docs.openindiana.org/contrib/content/#finding-additional-ideas-and-suggestions>

John
groenveld at acm.org