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 === Install grub2 for BIOS boot (from chroot environment) ===
-Next, change the BIOS to allow non-UEFI (legacy) boot.
+Next, add the files to allow non-UEFI (legacy) boot: boot Fedora Live DVD and enter in a terminal:
-Then, boot Fedora Live DVD and enter in a terminal:
   mount /dev/sdX4 /mnt
   mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
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 install grub2 for BIOS boot and configure it:
+ dnf -y install grub2
   rm /boot/grub2/grubenv
   grub2-install /dev/sdX
   grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg
-(on UEFI systems, /boot/grub2/grubenv is a symlink to /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grubenv (from package grub2-efi.rpm). The symlink has to be removed before grub2-install can finish successfully, it automatically creates a new file /boot/grub2/grubenv (as in package grub2.rpm)
+explanation: on UEFI systems, /boot/grub2/grubenv is a symlink to /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grubenv created by package grub2-efi. The symlink has to be removed before grub2-install can finish successfully; it automatically creates a new file /boot/grub2/grubenv.
-check /etc/grub2.cfg and if needed, change at all positions:
+The following is probably not necessary: check /etc/grub2.cfg and if needed, change at all positions:
 “linuxefi” to “linux16”, and
-“intrdefi” to “intrd16”
+“initrdefi” to “initrd16”
 === generating images and copies of the stick ===