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live-images: add details for GRUB on BIOS and GPT.
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src/installation/live-images/guide.md

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If using BIOS, it is recommended you select MBR for the partition table.
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Advanced users may use GPT but will need to create a special BIOS partition for
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`grub` to boot.
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Advanced users may use GPT but will need to [create a special BIOS
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partition](./partitions.md#bios-system-notes) for `grub` to boot.
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See the [Partitioning Notes](./partitions.md) for more details about
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partitioning your disk.

src/installation/live-images/partitions.md

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## BIOS system notes
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It is recommended that you create an MBR partition table if you are using a BIOS
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boot system. This will limit the number of partitions you create to four. It is
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possible to install a GPT partition table on a BIOS system, but grub will need a
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special partition to boot properly.
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boot system. This will limit the number of partitions you create to four.
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It is possible to use a GPT partition table on a BIOS system, but GRUB will
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require a special partition to boot properly. This partition should be at the
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beginning of your disk and have a size of 1MB, with type `BIOS boot` (GUID
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`21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649`). Don't create any filesystem in it. GRUB
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should then install itself successfully.
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## UEFI system notes
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