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On Thursday, 26 September 2019 16:44:10 BST Mick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 at 15:47, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Thursday, 26 September 2019 10:16:54 BST Adam Carter wrote: |
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[Snip interesting stuff] |
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> > > I got the impression that I would be able to UEFI boot from multiple |
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> > > different devices, eg a USB drive with UEFI as well as the hard disk. |
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> I may be wrong, but I don't think this is possible (yet?). You could |
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> use a secondary bootloader, e.g. GRUB, other than the UEFI firmware to |
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> load OS kernels wherever they might be positioned on the system. |
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But see next: |
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> > Oh yes, removable devices can be booted, but not secondary, internal hard |
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> > drives. Apparently. On this system. Today. |
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I can boot from USB or CD drives by entering the UEFI BIOS at boot and |
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selecting the one I want to boot from - and this BIOS dates from 2014. I doubt |
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this is unusual. |
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> [1] https://uefi.org/specifications |
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I'll go and look - thanks Mick. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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