[SOLVED] Mageia 5 starts in UEFI mode, fails to install

[doktor5000]

Hi all...
tryed to install Mageia5 but no success...

After the partition stage I get a message that I must have a partition mounted on /boot/EFI ( or Uefi...do not remember now...) ...
at the first attempt I did dedicate a small partition mounted on it but at the end I got the message error 15...

I downloaded the DVD via torrent...the installation DVD carries MAGEIA 5 UEFI at the top of the screen...
I am stuck there
I have a dual boot with Windows XP...tryed different routes but no success....
Any suggestions?

meanwhile I am back to Mageia4...

TIA

santo

below are details of my system ( from XP ) in case are needed...


OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SANTO-PC
System Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
System Model AM1MH
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 22 Model 0 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1597 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 4.6.5, 11/04/2014
SMBIOS Version 2.8
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name SANTO-PC\Santo
Time Zone India Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 4,096.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.97 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 4.55 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

[doktor5000]

Hi there,

what particular DVD did you download, please provide the full name.
Did you verify the md5sum for your download? And did you burn it to a DVD?

Please check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installing_o ... I_firmware
As you have windows XP, the disk is most likely MBR-partitioned so you cannot do a supported UEFI installation.
You need to tell your system to boot that mageia dvd in legacy mode, not in UEFI mode.

[santo]

Hi there,

what particular DVD did you download, please provide the full name.
Did you verify the md5sum for your download? And did you burn it to a DVD?

Mageia-5-x86_64-DVD.iso
yes i did verify md5sum it was OK and yes I burned to a DVD ( thanks to some help I did try installation from Hard Disk as well with same result )

Please check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installing_o ... I_firmware
As you have windows XP, the disk is most likely MBR-partitioned so you cannot do a supported UEFI installation.

yes i understood that,...I forgot to mention in my OP that after partitioning I was presented with a message that ' I must have a partition mounted on /boot/EFI'
after which the installation would not continue...that is why at my first installation I did create a small partition and put it on /boot/EFI but as I said it did not work...

You need to tell your system to boot that mageia dvd in legacy mode, not in UEFI mode.

I do not know how to tell my system that...I should have put at the the beginning that in term I should be considered a newbie ...not so much good in technical stuff...

[benmc]

Hi Santo,

put disk into reader and then reboot and enter BIOS. you need to press the "delete" key, before windows starts to boot.

CSM UEFI.png (288.08 KiB) Viewed 1087 times

locate and be sure that "Launch CSM" is enabled
Boot option filter: enable "Legacy only"

as this will be a non UEFI install, you wont need to worry about /boot/EFI partition

regards

[santo]

Thank you a lot Benmc

It worked perfectly...I had no idea how to enter UEFI...which I did not even know was there...

ANyway thanks again,
I love New Zeland!

Santo

[benmc]

You are welcome.

also, please also edit your opening post , so that it reads : "[ Solved ] fail to install Mageia5".

hope you enjoy using Mageia

[santo]

Thanks...using since Mandrake9.3...faitfhull trhoughout the changes...