From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB19C138ACE for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:08:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E0E07E0866; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2FCE0845 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D909A25CFC for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:08:39 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:08:33 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] About to attempt EFI install, which modules to compile? Message-ID: <20150227120833.37fc7293@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20150227064245.42df02aaa3c35f8558fd3f8f@gmail.com> References: <20150226220236.86380f90bf91cdce3e769179@gmail.com> <116D7CF7-CF72-4706-9EE4-FF27AB355621@iki.fi> <20150227064245.42df02aaa3c35f8558fd3f8f@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1-72-g9cbe67 (GTK+ 2.24.26; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/CNZv/l0IvKp69sKKt=94fEt"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 6e81eb03-2da7-4144-8f6f-494f987a3241 X-Archives-Hash: eddf15235e9e388069d47077f463b690 --Sig_/CNZv/l0IvKp69sKKt=94fEt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:42:45 -0500, German wrote: > > Install grub: > > grub2-install --target=3Dx86_64-uefi /to/your/partition =20 >=20 > Are you sure that grub is needed for EFI system? I doubt it. I used > efibootmgr as per gentoo handbook. And it was also said that it is > possible to boot EFI system without anything at all ( e.g. grub, > efibootmgr) No, GRUB is not needed. However, using some sort of boot manager makes life easier and a number of us here are happy with Gummiboot. --=20 Neil Bothwick Why do programmers get Halloween and Christmas confused? Because oct 31 is the same as dec 25. --Sig_/CNZv/l0IvKp69sKKt=94fEt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlTwXkUACgkQum4al0N1GQPdSgCfcrxi3b158hiPlv9UZX1dthVK zPQAoNq104BepNrfy5dFUt6kh6YVlqU6 =YYOs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/CNZv/l0IvKp69sKKt=94fEt--