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From: mad.scientist.at.large@××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Booting minimal installer ISO on rx4640 and rx2660 fails
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:29:13
Message-Id: KrjjJbS--3-0@tutanota.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Booting minimal installer ISO on rx4640 and rx2660 fails by Frank Scheiner
1 17. Aug 2017 03:36 by frank.scheiner@×××.de:
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6 > I'm trying to boot my Itanium gear with the current minimal installer ISO [1] on CDROM but so far had no success at all. I also tested the oldest of the minimal installer ISOs [2] still available, also without success. For both my rx4640 and rx2660 I get the following output when trying to boot from the internal DVD (its access LED lights up shortly):
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9 > Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD
10 > Load of Internal Bootable DVD failed: Not Found
11 > Press any key to continue
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18 you did turn uefi off in the bios didn't you?  gentoo installer won't work with uefi, though one hopes for a more specific error message in real life error messages can show up due to the afect, rather than what actually started the problem.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Booting minimal installer ISO on rx4640 and rx2660 fails Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@×××.de>