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MBR patition scheme for BIOS or UEFI

Asked by Rick Miller

Is there a command I could run that would set the MBR for BIOS or UEFI? This is the only way that Xubuntu/Linux will run from pendrive without lagging. I found this out the hard way. If you use 'Rufus" to D/l any Ubuntu distro, it will offer this option as default, however, it doesn't carry on when you "install". EXPLANATION: I'm 'trying" to run Xubuntu 17.10 as 'desktop" from a Lexar 16GB-3.0 pendrive and from past experience I know that MBR for BIOS or UEFI is the only way it will work properly.

Thanks:

Rick

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Why 17.10? It is end of life in July this year
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

18.04 is not only newer but is LTS and supported until April 2023. Does Bionic work OK for you?

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Rick Miller (69rixter) said : 		#2

Hey Andrew:

   The question here is not about the iso. I explained why I need to configure the MBR to option BIOS or UFIE. That's all I can say. Unless you know of a way I can install an .iso to flashdrive and get it to work properly? This past time I had to use Rufus because it provides this option. Only problem with Rufus is that it doesn't support persistence.

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Rick Miller (69rixter) said : 		#3

By the way....it was suggested I use DD and I did except: sudo dd if=xubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso did nothing. So it seems I did not configure the command properly???

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Rick Miller (69rixter) said : 		#4

AND... I said it backwards...my apologies....I must configue the UFEI/BIOS to accept the MBR instead of GPT.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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