From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-190285-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2290138350 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:38:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5A96E0EE3; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AD15E0ABD for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7A759637D5 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 15:38:05 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 15:38:00 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Preparing a blank NVMe as a boot drive... Message-ID: <20200406153800.00212ea8@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20200406142627.dxn264i3f3geqv6o@solfire> References: <20200406112517.iyzw2te4rycfracu@solfire> <b81bdf60-19c0-5117-a67f-73192358a5a9@alyf.net> <20200406142627.dxn264i3f3geqv6o@solfire> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/R8tC+M0H2b=nUKMqyJUzl+P"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 686fc882-4668-4b96-8196-5ad5b7207df8 X-Archives-Hash: 47b68529e12176030e87b40b52542543 --Sig_/R8tC+M0H2b=nUKMqyJUzl+P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 16:26:27 +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > Do I really need an image on an USBstick to boot into UEFI mode > just to setup a system to boot into UEFI mode? Yes. The bootloader needs access to the EFI variables to set itself up and those are only present when booting with EFI. You may also want to consider using something other than GRUB for EFI booting. Either systemd-boot (this package is for non-systemd users, it is already included with systemd) or reFind. --=20 Neil Bothwick - How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? - Two: one to hold the giraffe, the other to fill the bathtub with lots of brightly colored machine tools. --Sig_/R8tC+M0H2b=nUKMqyJUzl+P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl6LPsgACgkQ92eFu0QS MJh2Fg//UMjRHKegCT+Md2R5efKE0T5rMxHCoM3MkXkX01lQE4K25Oav4IwoquFZ qRwU0oerAjoWj8jDot1s8T8TWvGBABr1e8eMSt/yTUJBU08TQlY9aChxCZQb9PTi BpLeALnJP6M8RqVgJjYKdWkYSC6Wf8szRZKtqvGIRbCwmtFGY+7fXG8TxBEycTpr ueOzvqshLIiTzE/iUJ15LF/gk0Uo4z3hNioQ7EdLJrBfNfDngy+i3tDMjVkuYaSC L4TwuVwft+Nk2BxfWrk0IOaX6rxOMXMP5YbIuIMXBB3e8nQZN5026i4WKfwMr8DT t/Ecg+TeqUxmdhiNnZ2AJaYA0IgfZTB0SVas+sugY9mw7zeZOAs4yYYZkWuRLY3e hnbqCAOiOcQW5JMfHwIwQPUfKuFWiC860xvfWVv1Kv/lIx2GqBsOpEzHRjzyyG8Y FKtKQwu6vIONZEx8V/pVhs1o6CsMN559y0fmyRqxHsY9IPitBuspeH5RkCd4fmfI LM+S1WNO1Clgsdmu8RuMpOYakYu9LzNJJnveNJ/cJOvbMYHVxSdxUV+dY8eYroOT z0JM9lUPlGgxMQ+B9epYO0UlnNuRbiZA16rkowOmUPbQsZh1anV47P5fWsz+N8ay 1Q+0cg6ipgG9NWNZMiv7ZC+MO+ph4rCKXL/E0qCtK8Qx8gGNgEM= =86yT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/R8tC+M0H2b=nUKMqyJUzl+P--