can i install fedora in mbr?

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by mantra, Apr 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM.

  1. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    Hi
    i have downloaded Fedora-Workstation-Live-42-1.1.x86_64.iso

    used rufus portable to create a usb stick ,but it doesn't boot grub error , started via mbr

    thanks
     
  2. reasonablePrivacy

    reasonablePrivacy Registered Member

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    MBR so you want to boot it without UEFI enabled?
     
  3. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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  4. reasonablePrivacy

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    According to Fedora website Fedora Media Writer is preferred method to write image to USB media. Could you try it instead?
    https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/preparing-boot-media/#_fedora_media_writer
     
  5. Brummelchen

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    if your system is on UEFI then you cant use MBR, no mix possible (and vice versa)
     
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