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From: Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: jdm@××××××××××××.uk
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] uefi gpt grub2
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:22:55
Message-Id: 20121113212123.5fb5bd82@dartworks.biz
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] uefi gpt grub2 by jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk
1 Re , jdm@××××××××××××.uk said:
2 > I followed the Gentoo wiki and Arch wiki and several other sources
3 > of which I failed miserably. Is this technology fairly unreliable? I
4 > booted from a uefi enabled usb stick but still fell over. Is this
5 > ready for mainstream or still alpha like?
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8 FWIW I hate grub2. ;)
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10 I'm a big fan syslinux/extlinux.
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12 But recent Linux kernels can be compiled as UEFI apps, thus don't need
13 a boot loader (e.g. grub2) at all (in theory).
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16 -- Keith
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