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On Dec 29, 2012 5:26 AM, "Randolph Maaßen" <r.maassen60@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi Guys, |
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> I just got my laptop back from repair, the main board and harddrive are |
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changed, so bye bye data. I haven't created any data on gentoo, i couldn't |
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even set up the system before it crashed. |
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> So I'm going to setup a new install, and I have heard that you can set up |
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the kernel as UEFI application[1]. I have booted the system from UEFI grub2 |
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before, so UEFI works and I know that the BIOS/UEFI has a boot manager. |
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> Has anyone here did this before or is this a bad idea ? |
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> [1]: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/UEFI |
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I haven't used UEFI before, but won't making a Gentoo kernel means more |
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trouble when you need to update? |
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I think letting grub2 be the UEFI app, then from there make grub2 boot |
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Gentoo, would be preferable. You can then prepare 3 images for booting: |
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Known Good, Previous Known Good, and Newest Testing. Once Newest Testing is |
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confirmed to run well, Previous Known Good can be retired, Known Good |
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demoted to Previous Known Good, and Newest Testing graduated to Known Good. |
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Again, I have no experience with UEFI, so I am also interested if anyone |
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can shed more light on this. |
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Rgds, |
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