From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: 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 4E5A91382C5 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:46:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8425E0BAA; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:46:38 +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 55CD9E0AE2 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:46:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 63C36667AB for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:46:36 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:46:31 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Message-ID: <20201223124631.63c19149@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (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: 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/k+GKFznwrgxsrrcBg60hPWO"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 810e4b08-f3da-454b-8cec-66a2be0ca7d3 X-Archives-Hash: 20da81760a458809871e8369e8f13470 --Sig_/k+GKFznwrgxsrrcBg60hPWO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:05:28 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > Situation; I have a Dell XPS8940 with that abomination known as UEFI, > and no "legacy boot". UEFI claims there are no bootable partitions on > the hard drive (/dev/sda). Have you set up a partition of type EFI System (EF00)? This Dell XPS laptop boots perfectly from a UEFI system partition with no need for GRUB. --=20 Neil Bothwick Bumper Sticker: If you can read this, you are in phaser range. --Sig_/k+GKFznwrgxsrrcBg60hPWO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl/jPCcACgkQ92eFu0QS MJjq8xAAudpt5QRJvkLz1nCxcr1X6wxLdB+n2e3eK4qUKe4+HdO1ZbTWkkN8Viqi Pfog+lLakZn5F3pqDBT5WI3mxv2dEc8NqYU3464HEU5T7GzAKDpdJzQ/CH/vhHrr HvxoaCNme8tIuVWaTPQ2cKhxLCjPOjiyJHeDzBX2zGfNLjnfUYE7KxEm76H1Jf7w eB0tLE0vx5+goX0xzKv3lhgJyJjCU05vp1CuSKPGCVeQcKOLEEsnLV3li6RKCfYv 35+2KSj2vAQLIDzNANc0cX2FuVszNAVaZ490k7kDlZv3zawsZkzqePNyYFYnjoKW Iav+/Q24vBgH9o1FMiw+yqvIpYSEjgt62sA0EptBNY2xZie1f+jRkkrxLUpAaSVR IDEgELZbCtiRm78Q5FrrM66WTMf6d8rp9YxItaA72dJmtgWK8wrbhW4A0s9vX1lH /T49NwqcA+H1MLD+jsBOgIAQQx1n7+W/aQOZ6yyQ24qBE/tflQsEH1BZ8i46WLcB imyGgdWofSvODhyPI2cd33ARqI6ROxiLRWKWsjmJvrXBOR8c6TvkHs5yFoaiE1Zm 4F+vhN/ZAN/JEwLOaI8OnuyZV2R4KL2rt1oj0yhK+OyULt6gTIxoJRzmN/wqHH9a H6R49yt/K795MKXil6DHBm4IoRVv56Bkdrq8A3OTFhc2u0LELZ4= =zRKz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/k+GKFznwrgxsrrcBg60hPWO--