Re: [gentoo-user] uefi gpt grub2

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On Thursday 08 November 2012 13:53:22 Randolph Maaßen wrote:
> 2012/11/8 <jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk>
> 
> > Over the last few days I have tried to set up using uefi gpt and 
grub2.
> > After many hours of frustration I have gone back to grub legacy 
and mbr.
> > 
> > I followed the Gentoo wiki  and Arch wiki and several other 
sources of
> > which I failed miserably. Is this technology fairly unreliable? I 
booted
> > from a uefi enabled usb stick but still fell over. Is this ready for
> > mainstream or
> > 
> >  still alpha like?
> > 
> > Also does ufibootmgr change motherboard firmware? Somehow 
this feels
> > wrong if the case.
> > 
> > John D Maunder
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried installing UEFI GPT too a few months ago, but I had a semi 
success.
> After some days of fiddeling around with parameters and variables I 
could
> boot the system, but I can't see the kernel output or open-rc. But the 
X

built-in efifb and add video=efifb to kernel command line.


> loads and the system works after that like normal, but without the 
textual
> ttys. terminal emulations like xterm or so work. So I would install it
> again, but it isn't as easy as thought.
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