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title: OpenMandriva Lx 4.3 Release Notes
description:
published: true
date: 2022-02-21T19:47:08.119Z
date: 2022-02-21T20:05:31.525Z
tags: 4.3
editor: markdown
dateCreated: 2021-04-24T05:18:09.972Z
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**Installer and EFI Support**
This release of OpenMandriva Lx supports booting and installation with and without UEFI.
Note that secure boot is NOT supported.
*Note that secure boot is NOT supported.*
If you wish to perform an EFI installation on an existing MBR disk it will be necessary to
convert the disk partition table to the newer GPT partitioning scheme. To do this you need
to use the gdisk tool. A typical invocation would be gdisk /dev/sda: the existing
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due to insufficient space at the beginning or end of the disk to write the partition table. It
may be necessary to delete or resize a partition to create the needed space, gparted is
your friend in these circumstances.
There is still a need to create an efi partition to contain the boot equipment and this must
There is still a need to create a `/boot/efi` partition to contain the boot equipment and this must
be created while running the Calamares installer. When the installer reaches the
partitioning stage the / (root) partition should be removed and a small (330 MB) fat32 partition created at the start of the drive. If diskspace is critical then a smaller
partitioning stage the `/` (root) partition should be removed and a small (300 MB) fat32 partition created at the start of the drive. If diskspace is critical then a smaller
partition may be used, but be sure to set it as fat32 in Calamares otherwise the
installation will fail.
If you fail to observe these steps the installation of the boot loader will fail. Subsequently