07-06-2014, 06:58 AM
Yes, if you change everything to legacy mode the install should go fine.
However, like I said before, there are two areas that can be set for booting in CSM/Legacy mode -- the Boot Menu and the main UEFI Settings/Startup Menu. The Boot Menu only controls booting for the current boot session -- and my impression is that you have been using that to control the boot mode for the USB. That's fine and you do need to do that. But, you also need to change the default boot mode for all bootups in the main UEFI Settings/Startup Menu. If you don't, then the computer will boot in UEFI mode as it does now and the Legacy install won't boot.
Another thing you need to do before installing is to wipe out the current drive partitions and then create a new partition table in "msdos" (MBR) format instead of the current GOT format. That's pretty easy to do.
* Open GParted (Menu -> System -> Partition Drives)
* Right-click on the Swap partition and choose "Swapoff"
* Right-click on every partition and choose "Delete"
* Hit "Apply" (arrow button under word "Help") to finalize deletions.
* Then, along top of GParted, click Device -> Create partition table -> msdos
* Hit "OK" or "Apply" to finalize.
* Done. Go ahead and close GParted
If you want a special partition setup, you can use GParted to create them at this point. Otherwise, you can leave the drive empty and let Linux Lite installer do the partitioning for you.
When done with GParted you can go ahead and install.
However, like I said before, there are two areas that can be set for booting in CSM/Legacy mode -- the Boot Menu and the main UEFI Settings/Startup Menu. The Boot Menu only controls booting for the current boot session -- and my impression is that you have been using that to control the boot mode for the USB. That's fine and you do need to do that. But, you also need to change the default boot mode for all bootups in the main UEFI Settings/Startup Menu. If you don't, then the computer will boot in UEFI mode as it does now and the Legacy install won't boot.
Another thing you need to do before installing is to wipe out the current drive partitions and then create a new partition table in "msdos" (MBR) format instead of the current GOT format. That's pretty easy to do.
* Open GParted (Menu -> System -> Partition Drives)
* Right-click on the Swap partition and choose "Swapoff"
* Right-click on every partition and choose "Delete"
* Hit "Apply" (arrow button under word "Help") to finalize deletions.
* Then, along top of GParted, click Device -> Create partition table -> msdos
* Hit "OK" or "Apply" to finalize.
* Done. Go ahead and close GParted
If you want a special partition setup, you can use GParted to create them at this point. Otherwise, you can leave the drive empty and let Linux Lite installer do the partitioning for you.
When done with GParted you can go ahead and install.
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