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On Wednesday 01 Jul 2015 16:33:42 Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> On 07/01/2015 08:17 AM, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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> > My new laptop should arrive this month. It will presumably support |
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> > UEFI, which I have never used before. |
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> > |
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> > I have two questions. |
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> > |
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> > 1. The gentoo handbook favors using the minimal installation CD. I |
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> > downloaded the iso, verified it's integrity, and "burned" it to a USB |
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> > stick with dd. |
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> I don't think the minimal CD has UEFI support. At least it didn't when I |
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> installed gentoo on my UEFI systems, but that was some time ago now. |
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> |
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> > However the wiki page "UEFI_Dual_boot_with_Windows_7/8" says to use a |
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> > system rescue CD. Is that required or can I use the minimal |
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> > installation CD? |
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> |
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> You can either use SystemRescueCD or use a Mint boot CD. Both are UEFI |
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> bootable. Make sure you actually boot in UEFI mode though, most BIOSes |
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> have a key to bring up the boot menu with a list of choices. UEFI boot |
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> sources are clearly marked there (at least they were when I installed.) |
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> I myself used the Mint CD (I had one on hand already) so I had a browser |
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> to bring up webpages while I installed. |
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> > 2. The handbook, when discussing Booting the installation CD, says |
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> > |
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> > Important |
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> > When installing Gentoo with the purpose of using the UEFI interface |
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> > instead of BIOS, it is recommended to boot with UEFI immediately. If |
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> > not, then it might be necessary to create a bootable UEFI USB stick |
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> > (or other medium) once before finalizing the Gentoo Linux |
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> > installation. |
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> If you use SystemRescueCD or the Mint boot CD you'll boot in UEFI mode |
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> so this is irrelevant. Pretty certain you need to be booted in UEFI to |
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> install the boot loader of your choice. I stuck with grub2 and had no |
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> issues installing it. |
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> > I don't understand what I am to do? Must I change the USB stick to |
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> > somehow specify UEFI? Or will the laptop firmware ask me whether to |
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> > boot UEFI? Or something else? |
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> The boot CD/USB needs to support UEFI, if it doesn't you can't boot in |
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> that mode. I think my NUC was F10 or F12 to show the boot menu, then you |
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> can pick the UEFI boot source. |
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> Dan |
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If it comes preinstalled with MSWindows you will need to go into BIOS and |
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disable 'booting from legacy BIOS' or 'Compatibility Support Module', as well |
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as disabling Secure Boot (select Other OS rather than MSWindows). The actual |
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terminology depends on your MoBo, I'm just sharing here what the Asus MoBos |
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use. |
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The first setting will make sure you will boot into UEFI, rather than MBR. |
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The second setting will make sure that the MoBo will not fail to boot due to |
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your kernel not being digitally signed by Redmond. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |