Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 12:49:34 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>> I usually use cgdisk, or cfdisk, but they all do the same thing.  Just a
>> different interface.  As long as all this is documented, I'll just
>> follow it and it should work.  After all, efi has been around for a long
>> while now.  I'm sure millions of people have it installed, likely
>> billions. 
>>
>> I do wonder, can one still put things like memtest, Knoppix and such in
>> that thing?  I'm sure it can be done but never seen it mentioned.  I
>> started to put it on the old 770T but didn't now that I have that Ventoy
>> USB thing. 
> 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.  Grub adds a
entry for it.  I guess I could also but Knoppix or something in there as
well.  I was just wondering if that is still a option with efi.  I'd
think it is.  After all, it's like like being able to boot either Linux
or windoze.  Lots of people dual boot and I'm sure efi hasn't changed
that. 

I kinda like grub myself.  Sort of miss the old one but still.  It does
work well even if it does install a lot of kitchen appliances.  ;-) 

Dale

:-)  :-)