Do I need EFI to setup BTRS?

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It’s here on the wiki; This is for Encrypted installation of BTRFSonLUKS with timeshift and snapshots. There are two versions. One is a quick copy & paste and the other is the verbose mode. (Manual Install)
You can also install it without encryption.

https://endeavouros.com/wiki/

Here are the changes if you want to do unencrypted method.

HOWTO - GPT/UEFI install with full disk encryption: BTRFSonLUKS with separate root, home and pkg subvolumes; hibernation with a swapfile; auto-snapshots with easy system rollback (GUI); boot into snapshots

I’ll assume you will still want swap; think of hibernation as an option, you don’t need to use it. The following refers to the copy&paste Wiki article. +++ non-encrypted version +++ Just follow the aforementioned guide, but … #03 Don’t choose encrypt. #05 change btrfsonluks=`sudo blkid -o device | grep luks` -to- btrfsonluks=/dev/sda2 #06 change fs_uuid=`sudo blkid -o device | grep luks` && -to- fs_uuid=`sudo blkid -o device | grep sda2` && delete (do not run) … fs_uuid=`…