> On Wed, Sep 1,
2021 at 1:47 PM Brian C. Lane <
bcl@redhat.com>
wrote:
> >
>
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at
04:08:30PM +0200, Dan Horák wrote:
> > > my idea would be
adding a "--hybrid" option to "reqpart" that would
> > > create both "BIOS" +
"EFI" partitions on x86 systems. For remaining
> > > systems I believe they
use only a single boot partition kind, so
> > > nothing will change
there. This way you could create a "works
> > > everywhere" image the
easiest way.
> >
> > I'd like to see adding
flags an option of last resort :) If it's
> > possible for anaconda to
figure out what's needed automatically that's
> > would be best.
> >
>
> How would Anaconda be able to
figure it out? The idea is that this
> works *regardless* of what the
host says it does. Unless you're just
> going to make Anaconda always do
hybrid for x86, there's no reasonable
> way for that to be
"auto-detected".
>
When I kickstart, I check "/sys/firmware" for 'efi'
which exists, which I later use to influence which
command to use to rebuild grub.
My point is that
anaconda should be able to check for
/sys/firmware/efi, for forcing hybrid usage, or it is
only a BIOS host.