Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible?
Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:46:43
Message-Id:	`20201223124631.63c19149@digimed.co.uk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? by Walter Dnes

1	On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:05:28 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
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3	> Situation; I have a Dell XPS8940 with that abomination known as UEFI,
4	> and no "legacy boot". UEFI claims there are no bootable partitions on
5	> the hard drive (/dev/sda).
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7	Have you set up a partition of type EFI System (EF00)? This Dell XPS
8	laptop boots perfectly from a UEFI system partition with no need for GRUB.
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12	Neil Bothwick
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