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On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:21:23 -0800 |
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Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz> wrote: |
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> Re , jdm@××××××××××××.uk said: |
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> > I followed the Gentoo wiki and Arch wiki and several other sources |
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> > of which I failed miserably. Is this technology fairly unreliable? I |
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> > booted from a uefi enabled usb stick but still fell over. Is this |
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> > ready for mainstream or still alpha like? |
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> FWIW I hate grub2. ;) |
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> I'm a big fan syslinux/extlinux. |
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> But recent Linux kernels can be compiled as UEFI apps, thus don't need |
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> a boot loader (e.g. grub2) at all (in theory). |
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> -- Keith |
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Hmmm agree with the grub2 thing. Seems overly complicated just to get |
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an OS running. But maybe there are good reasons for it. I'm no expert |
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understanding boot loaders though. |
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UEFI apps sounds interesting. I'll have a look into it. But I dual boot |
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with Windows so maybe forced to use grub2 or such like. |
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Does syslinux work with uefi/gpt? |
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John D Maunder |
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