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From: Fernando Reyes <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] borked release media
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:24:34
Message-Id: 4nm3duwfogrmr8l1fiioxotg.1355073688356@email.android.com
1 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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3 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh@g.o> wrote:
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5 >Fernando Reyes schrieb:
6 >> The problem with the isohybrid approach is that it doesn't support UEFI booting and this is why I wouldn't recommended as a feature in catalyst. However, this should be documented somewhere so that users know its possible without having to follow the liveusb guide which is probably outdated by today's standards.
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8 >isohybrid works with UEFI by passing --uefi option. This requires a UEFI
9 >bootable image (such as a UEFI capable boot loader or kernel with EFI
10 >stub support) to be present.
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12 >Starting with syslinux-6.00 it will be possible to boot UEFI systems in
13 >EFI mode. Until then, one of the other boot loaders (rEFIt, GRUB 2,
14 >ELILO) might be used.
15 >
16 >
17 >Best regards,
18 >Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
19 >
20 >

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] borked release media Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] borked release media "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>