Want MBR install of Mint 19.1 There's a video driver problem with GPT, the Apple A1286 Mid-2010 MacBook Pro machines, and NVIDIA GT330M drivers, and running Nouveau has its own problems, so I want to install Cinnamon Mint 19.1 using MBR partitioning so I can use the proprietary drivers. It will be the sole OS on this PC. I had formatted the internal HDD from a LiveUSB generated by Rufus for MBR, but Mint 19.1 wants to repartition using GPT. How do I install Mint 19.1 and retain the MBR partition table?

Installed OK on the MBR-partitioned drive in this 2010 MacBook Pro A1286 once I

* deleted the ext4 partition sda1 which had the entire drive
* created a 1MB partition at the front as sda1 for MBR use. Then,
* created an ext4 partition sda2 for the rest of the drive for root.



Now, Mint 19.1 install is complete, and I can work on the NVIDIA driver issue, serely confident that no other Apple strangeness will complicate this install. {/sarcasm}