Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On 20 December 2014 02:03:41 GMT+00:00, Sid S <r030t1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I still use GRUB to boot ISO images, and have a sysrescd image in
> /boot
> > for this. With UEFI, you can have more than one bootloader
> installed. I
> > hadn't considered the possibility of UEFI booting to an ISO
> directly, I'd
> > be interested to know if it is possible.
> 
> Typically one takes the contents of the iso, places that on a
> partition,
> and then makes it bootable with grub. I'm not sure you can boot the
> iso
> directly.
> 
> >> Finally, what's your opinion on 'secure boot'?
> >
> > That the main security is is aimed at is job security for MS
> employees. I
> > turn it off straight away.
> 
> It is not a completely stupid idea. When it is adequately supported it
> is
> something I intend to use. It is possible (unless I misunderstood
> something) to provide your own keys and sign your own OS partition.
> 
> 
> Anyway, I am kind of surprised people are still having problems with
> UEFI.
> It's necessary to turn SecureBoot off, but otherwise I just got
> everything to
> work.

You can boot an ISO directly with GRUB2, no need to unpack anything  I've been doing it for years. I would be interested to know if is is possible with UEFI but without GRUB
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