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On Apr 4, 2013 4:27 AM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I checked the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/UEFI about |
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> handling UEFI boot. I'm still a bit confused. The way I read it, there |
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> are 2 separate issues... |
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> * UEFI boot |
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> * GPT versus MBR partitions |
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> Apparently, I get to choose between unmasking ELILO or GRUB2 to do a |
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> UEFI boot. As near as I can tell... |
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> * A separate EFI partition (FAT32) is required |
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> * The EFI partition needs to be mounted via /etc/fstab |
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> Is that correct? |
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> -- |
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> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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For the partition: |
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Yes and no. You have to create a sepearate efi partition (type: ef; fs: |
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fat32) but there is no need to keep it mounted while th system is running. |
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For the boot loader: |
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I have no experience wit elilo, but grub 2 works well if you like the menu |
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and autoconfig it provides. |
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There is a 3. Way loading the kernel: efi_stub. If you compile the |
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commandline in the kernel and you don't use an initrd enable |
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CONFIG_EFI_STUB in the kernel and copy the bzimage to your efi partition as |
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an .efi file and announce the kernel image instead of grub2. |
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The arch linux wiki page was verry helpfull for me. |
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Ps: be sure to test your kernel before using efi, there are reports that |
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the firmware gets brickt in some cases. (It came out on samsung laptops) |
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HTH |
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Randolph |
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