I am having trouble getting Linux (Linux Mint Debian Edition) to boot after installing on a Dell Optiplex 5040 and 3040 models with UEFI booting.

[matthew@social.retroedge.tech]

I am having trouble getting Linux (Linux Mint Debian Edition) to boot after installing on a Dell Optiplex 5040 and 3040 models with UEFI booting.

I am pretty sure it would work fine in Legacy mode.

Since UEFI is newer, I am guessing that is the recommendation... but will Linux work fine on Legacy boot with current kernels in the current year? Any reasons or features that I really should have with UEFI? Or is Legacy boot going to be fine?

#UEFI #boot #Linux #Dell #Optiplex #LinuxMint #Debian

[mander@corteximplant.net]

@matthew legacy boot works on linux! Shouldn't be an issue, unless you want to work more with encryption

[matthew@social.retroedge.tech]

Thank you. This does not need disk encryption.

[mander@corteximplant.net]

@matthew Legacy just means the older way, but works perfectly fine in linux. It is just the way your boot partition is handled

A way that COULD mess with you would be if your BIOS has enabled secure boot, that CAN lead to UEFI issues

[matthew@social.retroedge.tech]

Good to know. I have already disable Secure Boot in the BIOS.