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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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> I have two questions. |
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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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> 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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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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> 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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