[gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

[gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

[claude angéloz]

Hi,

If eyeverone has an experience with that.

I can boot in EFI Mode and install some other Linux distros on my
Hp8440p . And I will do the same for Gentoo, but until today I cannot do
that, or exactly only in legacy-boot. And this is perturbing my GPT
Partition Table...

I guess  that actually it should not be a big problem. I tried with the
IA64 and the hp-efi-bios sees the elilo.efi , but it cannot  boot this
kernel.. normal..

But with the amd64, i should be able to see the elilo.efi.  The dvd or
mimnimalcd install  cannot  boot the gentoo.efimg  Image. Or  am I
false ?

What  is missing in the DVD-Live or Minimal CD Install to boot correctly
in EFI Mode ?

The path /boot/efi/ is missing ... like one of the working other
distro... 

Thank you very much..

Claude

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

[Stroller]

On 5 March 2012, at 13:51, claude angéloz wrote:
> ...
> What  is missing in the DVD-Live or Minimal CD Install to boot correctly
> in EFI Mode ?
> 
> The path /boot/efi/ is missing ... like one of the working other
> distro... 

Use a different liveCD. Try systemRescueCD first. Earlier today Grant mentioned success with a kbuntu disk (I thought they'd stopped making that?).

Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

[claude angéloz]

Hi,

Thank.
With the last SytemRescueCD (copied to an usb-stick) my efi bios see
that the usb-stick coulb be "efi-bootable". I see both HD and the USB
Devices in my "EFI Navigator"..

I can navigate within the SystemRescueCD trough my EFI "FileSystem
Navigator" . I cannot boot on this usb (open an .efi file), however. Now
I will check the files needed  which was wrotten in my usb.

I guess that I must  "transfer" the  Gentoo 2012 dvd Image file  to my
usb stick...but i dont know  exact. I see an old procedure to put a cd
into an usb ...but  i am not sure  if it is same about to Gento 2012..

Or I must change the DVD Gentoo 2012 ISO Image (or an old version) to
includes an " efi-able" boot sector ...  but i dont know how to
"rebuild" the iso image from a file system which includes the right dvd
boot sector.

Claude



Le lundi 05 mars 2012 à 16:22 +0000, Stroller a écrit :
> On 5 March 2012, at 13:51, claude angéloz wrote:
> > ...
> > What  is missing in the DVD-Live or Minimal CD Install to boot correctly
> > in EFI Mode ?
> > 
> > The path /boot/efi/ is missing ... like one of the working other
> > distro... 
> 
> Use a different liveCD. Try systemRescueCD first. Earlier today Grant mentioned success with a kbuntu disk (I thought they'd stopped making that?).
> 
> Stroller.
> 
> 

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

[claude angéloz]

Hi,

I found  the following link  to create an usblive
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml

I will try this to check if this will be efi-able bootable....

Claude


Le lundi 05 mars 2012 à 19:38 +0100, claude angéloz a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Thank.
> With the last SytemRescueCD (copied to an usb-stick) my efi bios see
> that the usb-stick coulb be "efi-bootable". I see both HD and the USB
> Devices in my "EFI Navigator"..
> 
> I can navigate within the SystemRescueCD trough my EFI "FileSystem
> Navigator" . I cannot boot on this usb (open an .efi file), however. Now
> I will check the files needed  which was wrotten in my usb.
> 
> I guess that I must  "transfer" the  Gentoo 2012 dvd Image file  to my
> usb stick...but i dont know  exact. I see an old procedure to put a cd
> into an usb ...but  i am not sure  if it is same about to Gento 2012..
> 
> Or I must change the DVD Gentoo 2012 ISO Image (or an old version) to
> includes an " efi-able" boot sector ...  but i dont know how to
> "rebuild" the iso image from a file system which includes the right dvd
> boot sector.
> 
> Claude
> 
> 
> 
> Le lundi 05 mars 2012 à 16:22 +0000, Stroller a écrit :
> > On 5 March 2012, at 13:51, claude angéloz wrote:
> > > ...
> > > What  is missing in the DVD-Live or Minimal CD Install to boot correctly
> > > in EFI Mode ?
> > > 
> > > The path /boot/efi/ is missing ... like one of the working other
> > > distro... 
> > 
> > Use a different liveCD. Try systemRescueCD first. Earlier today Grant mentioned success with a kbuntu disk (I thought they'd stopped making that?).
> > 
> > Stroller.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [gentoo-user] EFI Boot Gentoo DVD-Live amd64 und HP-EFI-Bios

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 16:22:35 +0000, Stroller wrote:

> Use a different liveCD. Try systemRescueCD first. Earlier today Grant
> mentioned success with a kbuntu disk (I thought they'd stopped making
> that?).

They have, or at least they've stopped financing it, so it will be purely
community supported now, but they haven't unmade the discs that are
already out there :)


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Neil Bothwick

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