#followed a tutorial, still doesn't boot, did i miss something?

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I followed this tutorial:
https://mags.zone/help/arch-usb.html

It boots on UEFI systems, but doesn't on BIOS systems

Did i miss smth, do i have to do smth extra?
Any help is appreciated and i will try to give any info needed

coarse mulch
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Did you do the BIOS GRUB install?

Also send the output of parted -l

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coarse mulch
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I don’t know how to check for it. It would’ve been installed when you ran grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sdX

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coarse mulch
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Run it again

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Also send parted -l

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Its a bit out of focus

coarse mulch
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Try fdisk -l /dev/sdX

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coarse mulch
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Oof

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It’s GPT

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You need to use MBR

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How do you know?

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And how do i fix it?

coarse mulch
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Or use hybrid MBR

steady spoke
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steady spoke
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Use BalenaEtcher and work from there

coarse mulch
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This is a permanent installation on a removable medium

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And how do i do it?

coarse mulch
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fdisk /dev/sdX
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Then create the partitions

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I gtg

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Which one do i chose?

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