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My new laptop should arrive this month. It will presumably support |
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UEFI, which I have never used before. |
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I have two questions. |
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1. The gentoo handbook favors using the minimal installation CD. I |
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downloaded the iso, verified it's integrity, and "burned" it to a USB |
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stick with dd. |
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However the wiki page "UEFI_Dual_boot_with_Windows_7/8" says to use a |
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system rescue CD. Is that required or can I use the minimal |
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installation CD? |
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2. The handbook, when discussing Booting the installation CD, says |
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Important |
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When installing Gentoo with the purpose of using the UEFI interface |
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instead of BIOS, it is recommended to boot with UEFI immediately. If |
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not, then it might be necessary to create a bootable UEFI USB stick |
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(or other medium) once before finalizing the Gentoo Linux |
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installation. |
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I don't understand what I am to do? Must I change the USB stick to |
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somehow specify UEFI? Or will the laptop firmware ask me whether to |
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boot UEFI? Or something else? |
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thanks, |
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allan |