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Legacy install via installer wizard

Although I have an EFI bios I would prefer to be able to install Artix with legacy BIOS bootloader. Is it possible to select this option via the installer wizard?

Reason: I have to keep a small Windows 7 partition and (as far as I know) it can boot only in legacy bios.

Re: Legacy install via installer wizard

Reply #1 –
Good day @kaleidoscope ,

According to the Wiki section, "Fresh Artix installation from bootable media"

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Fresh Artix installation from bootable media

Artix can either be installed through the console or the GUI installer. The GUI install is quite straightforward, we'll focus on the console installation procedure here. The installation images are confirmed to work on both BIOS and UEFI systems.

Has the installation failed for you?  Could you please post any logs or output, isolated in code blocks for readability?  Finally, do you have secure boot enabled in your system and could you screenshot your BIOS for us?

Looking forward to hearing back

Re: Legacy install via installer wizard

Reply #2 –
Thank you very much for your time,
I haven't installed Artix yet on this system where Arch is installed (I'm already an Artix user and could do an installation by hand); but I would like to take advantage of the wizard and make my life a little more straightforward and simple by including the desktop configuration.

So I was wondering if by taking advantage of the wizard I could select a legacy configuration and not uefi.

ps: I apologize if my English is not very accurate

Re: Legacy install via installer wizard

Reply #3 –
Thank you for the information,

Do you have secure boot enabled in your system and could you screenshot your BIOS for us?  As referenced in the linked help article, the Calamares installer is capable of both.  It may be that your computer BIOS is configured improperly for the install you want.

Please confirm for us if you have secure boot enabled, or if you are not familiar with this setting, a screenshot.

Re: Legacy install via installer wizard

Reply #4 –
Unfortunately, I cannot generate a screenshot of the bios. I can, however, interact with secure boot and keep it disabled, and I may have figured it out: if I set the Legacy option from the Bios, then Calamares should in turn perform a BIOS installation (not UEFI), did I understand correctly? :)

Re: Legacy install via installer wizard

Reply #5 –
@kaleidoscope yes.  You may find more specific documentation on the Calamares installer at their

users guide and
wiki

From the Install section:
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When you reach this step, Calamares does the actual work of doing the installation. Since this can take a long time, you can watch a slideshow here. Some distributions even let you play a game while you wait!

You can follow what the installer is doing at different stages though. Expect this part to take between 5-10 minutes if this is an install that copies the Live system. At around 30%, the copying of the files is completed (which will take the longest), then the installer will create the users, remove Live system specific packages, install additional packages, remove any language packs & drivers not needed for your specific hardware, setup either GRUB for BIOS systems or Systemd-boot as bootloader, all depending on your distribution’s specific settings.

If your distribution offers a netinstall, then the install time depends on the amount of packages that needs to be fetched and your internet speed. Don’t be surprised if such an install will take an hour to complete.

Cheers!

Re: Legacy install via installer wizard

Reply #6 –
Thank you so much for your time and for helping me to solve this issue!
Now I am going to recover this system with a fresh Artix install, thank you!