> New machines may not have "legacy/MBR" options to boot any more. > Mine is a used one, a Dell 5400, and luckily it can still use legacy boot.
> A straightforward new installation of Debian should create the ESP and > appropriate means to install under UEFI. If you're installing Windows, > then you will probably need to make sure that it will boot using UEFI - > you can't mix UEFI and "legacy/MBR" booting. Yes, it will, but I just wanted to avoid this. A clean install would mean, rsync all data to the new drive and edit several configurations. A new install will be the last resort. > > A clean install of Windows from .iso would probably be best - your new > notebook will have different driver requirements from anything you've > had previously. If you install Windows first, use Windows tools to reduce > the size of the partition and then install Debian, it should work. > Tried this, but gaaah, first boot of Windows resulted in a boot-loop. It was Windows-10, and crashzed at install, sigh.... > Hope this helps - my opinion only, there may be other ways to do this. > > All the very best, as ever, > > Andrew Cater > (amaca...@debian.org) > Best Hans
