From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible?
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:24:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11670461.O9o76ZdvQC@peak> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X+Y6xOSGshAZ7NYj@waltdnes.org>
On Friday, 25 December 2020 19:17:24 GMT Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 06:45:42PM +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote
>
> > Learning about UEFI: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
> > Suggestion: forget about grub; refind is the way to go (link above)
> > Also: you don't need parted; gdisk is fine if you're OK with fdisk
>
> Thanks for the pointers. Are there any changes I have to make in my
> linux kernel to boot UEFI? Note; legacy BIOS boot is *NOT* an option
> on my new Dell XPS8940. It's UEFI boot only.
The installation handbook is useful on setting UEFI up. It worked for me,
anyway.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Bootloader
--
Regards,
Peter.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-25 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-23 4:05 [gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Walter Dnes
2020-12-23 4:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-12-23 5:37 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-23 12:44 ` Michael
2020-12-24 22:49 ` Dan Egli
2020-12-25 16:41 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 18:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-27 1:07 ` antlists
2020-12-27 2:01 ` Dale
2020-12-27 4:21 ` [gentoo-user] " Thomas Mueller
2020-12-27 9:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 18:45 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 19:17 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 19:32 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 20:55 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 21:01 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 21:04 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 21:07 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 22:38 ` Dale
2020-12-25 23:02 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 23:15 ` Dale
2020-12-25 22:24 ` Peter Humphrey [this message]
2020-12-26 19:33 ` Dan Egli
2020-12-23 12:46 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
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