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On 12/09/2012 01:46 PM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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> Fernando Reyes schrieb: |
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>> That's what meant since we use isolinux on the release media and until syslinux-6 we are forced to use another bootloader and grub seems out of the questions because of licensing issues. I will test new syslinux soon and see how isohybrid and isolinux plau together on an EFI bios. |
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> No, all we need is to enable EFI stub support in the kernel, and |
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> integrate the initramfs using CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE and place it in |
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> some location where UEFI looks for it (/efi/boot/bootx64.efi). |
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> This has the disadvantage of not allowing to pass additional kernel |
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> parameters during boot. But it might still be an acceptable stopgap |
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> measure if the alternative is to not boot at all. |
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> Best regards, |
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> Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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interesting and probably something we can get away with since not all |
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users actually touch the kernel line but some do so it might not be a |
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smart option to disable kernel parameters on UEFI only systems. |
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