Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible?
Date:	Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:24:10
Message-Id:	`11670461.O9o76ZdvQC@peak`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? by Walter Dnes

1	On Friday, 25 December 2020 19:17:24 GMT Walter Dnes wrote:
2	> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 06:45:42PM +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote
3	>
4	> > Learning about UEFI: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
5	> > Suggestion: forget about grub; refind is the way to go (link above)
6	> > Also: you don't need parted; gdisk is fine if you're OK with fdisk
7	>
8	> Thanks for the pointers. Are there any changes I have to make in my
9	> linux kernel to boot UEFI? Note; legacy BIOS boot is NOT an option
10	> on my new Dell XPS8940. It's UEFI boot only.
11
12	The installation handbook is useful on setting UEFI up. It worked for me,
13	anyway.
14
15	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Bootloader
16
17	--
18	Regards,
19	Peter.