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I believe most BIOSes don't let you boot partitions, but only disk MBRs. You can however install GRUB to USB stick and boot the USB stick from the BIOS. This a

by devit 5y ago

I believe most BIOSes don't let you boot partitions, but only disk MBRs. You can however install GRUB to USB stick and boot the USB stick from the BIOS. This also protects your Linux install against any Windows malware that doesn't change the BIOS if you are careful to remove the stick before booting Windows, put /boot on the USB stick as well and encrypt the Linux partition.

sandGorgon 5y ago
that's MBR mode. If you boot Linux in UEFI mode, it will write the correct bits of info. I have generally not seen a non-UEFI bios or computer in the past 6-7 years. So you should be fine with UEFI. Again, for some reason Linux installers scare you into using MBR mode. Its unnecessary now.