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 TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCB45158089 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:54:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 82F632BC144; Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E03B2BC094 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:54:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.4]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A8674176290 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:54:14 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=digimed.co.uk; s=digimed; t=1697716454; bh=+Xmh5PCFN+XCHcPdQkQDREb8wAO7inJJtX8nTtnhlVo=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=j7N7LoEwB5HFxOT9RnSPwRyJF+ieY+GaggLOYSTwFEDW9NdS1Aes7bhIfBYS96PGw SHv5W6I82Em+PYt9aD/BA5uilPn1PnKo+1QH/JukXfTAs1ZQOgTlXnGxSvHHy908tf 8K+xooIPJWTpcFfkxWALTCwywVdPdSm+ylP4tr9k= Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:54:11 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help Message-ID: <20231019125411.0b299dbf@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2e5bf93a-8ae9-81c7-b8f2-16133afd7a6d@gmail.com> References: <17dbcf2a-13c7-b8c0-69f1-a09e5288cfd5@gmail.com> <452fc599-ce6c-3bf9-4ad8-e253a94439c7@gmail.com> <20231018083606.7ebd2d77@digimed.co.uk> <2581583.Lt9SDvczpP@rogueboard> <33ef3005-10a8-e910-89bb-e72daba39bf4@gmail.com> <20231018194030.4d019c59@digimed.co.uk> <2e5bf93a-8ae9-81c7-b8f2-16133afd7a6d@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.38; 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_/EUNG7CYxMe8YLP/6WAkg+oP"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 752bb5ec-90e6-4b55-ad78-72a81adf5d07 X-Archives-Hash: 4fcf9932f27aa525e0f8960270756abe --Sig_/EUNG7CYxMe8YLP/6WAkg+oP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:24:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Do you mean booting from the ISO images? That's a GRUB thing, it > > doesn't matter how it is loaded, EFI or MBR. > > > > However, being able to do away with GRUB is, to me, a bigger benefit > > than not being able to boot ISOs is a drawback. Use either > > systemd-boot (it doesn't need systemd) or rEFInd. > On my main rig, BIOS type, in my /boot I have memtest.=C2=A0 Grub adds a > entry for it.=C2=A0 I guess I could also but Knoppix or something in ther= e as > well.=C2=A0 I was just wondering if that is still a option with efi.=C2= =A0 I'd > think it is.=C2=A0 After all, it's like like being able to boot either Li= nux > or windoze.=C2=A0 Lots of people dual boot and I'm sure efi hasn't changed > that.=C2=A0 Oh yes, you can boot memtest because that's a ramdisk image, it's only ISOs that are restricted to Grub. Having said that, many live distros can be booted from any bootloader if you copy the files from the ISO. I always have SystemRescue in my /boot partition. --=20 Neil Bothwick Linux users do it without paying a Bill --Sig_/EUNG7CYxMe8YLP/6WAkg+oP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEGfLZTV7dXdQXh/dDdCdyyQfftocFAmUxGOMACgkQdCdyyQff tofZDw/9Hl9vas5pVRcqmFz3XqJ22WpYJCSUcmsmeR5nRzRX5gH+2MiGahjNi3Em b/g6fmuSfu4R1ggWLjR1yersy7Q+TGc0vEYlbnyjBo6oMhFo1RkN6Arn9UaDHdg1 Wg+72QzOeJo+BiqYvq9ftPoQfIqn9G1N/WKPHMau6wNWQ/t7c8T4nEmY9L4SmSJE xpDkyQT9fK/2zA+tDM8IUmcQ/VELSw9Y5waf5OR/B55KA3+qMowY8bDhKxSn72Im y7NmHl/Jtr2KsE1OPVksID6Fipz3IjzcoP9k2AMtIe7uEADLu88eR7a5L5aQd4dI x+80RgI7J7u6had3uizC3R3uBUrKeKXKpuXj9uN6EGMOnlJ6BxkZYi0wLn0FVxio 58K8mqSSi9vnpKdYTQetrdyumn3BLEbWvR63PLFZFT29592PTyrNHJWRFbiVWto2 XWIfbZGM3deBcI8qxevtpjWAswHRdFh7BgrSo7HYDHAHcWyNDGk94AipRyR1+ARB 7j3Gfh13anKBRv98YBRW/KoU8j+srILuFtskxFqX427ogQG2d421pkx1WRF6Ql02 BvOM3m8N5iNzxd1JXgAP7LuIJNRxQmBahnujsIsM1pNBUu3kgzPySAewMnbicJKu KDDgIk3dg3kTgAoPEsy3YdsFEI6dPZjwH7Xv4+zOCskwYx/428M= =c291 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/EUNG7CYxMe8YLP/6WAkg+oP--