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 BAC2F1382C5 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:45:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0EF15E0BB7; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:45:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-il1-x135.google.com (mail-il1-x135.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::135]) (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 C127EE0B94 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:45:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-il1-x135.google.com with SMTP id w17so4479910ilj.8 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 10:45:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=7hWdP38VRBrDNXc2EJl2ZO+HBxh8UnE0OCCRz0IxDqw=; b=BfFubI2AwlC9+Kkq9lw7AbrUHoxf4FfiNcsc2DoOb1YMkhpZltsbn50tAlNoKYS0Gd Kr8epC7asOMfwrcNairBZPr3e6QWHSzdoYrAG1DAjYJnMR1670Tb+l5PIof06FpPn8Al o+KE0/Prl4oFP+XKeAkShojdG1pRl3sgGByn0ayJPGuy6pxIDp55JZMRLUOi5aF7ZnSR 3K2T8oXbhOuNsPaghtygEM5ZSb42H4e3TQ+dh3jbIkxQmTJCxwwIx9b+sMwU2FvOKapB 4woecKJL0mOnCZZ4Owf4z8Li64WHmwBEcyRbeVJX1XojDwIEl598uE/lmdQPPWuXCEFm 4Cng== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=7hWdP38VRBrDNXc2EJl2ZO+HBxh8UnE0OCCRz0IxDqw=; b=DPvDt4zILftTGpcjOxKrbwSBTCLt7XgL5V3ATM/PX599KXbngR7LQYL72lBcdyq9x7 TTeW3PxCDM50gvuHLtvOydnEFOYPAybBG8AGmUAckMJXvSyTOclY/sbnVTcry+s+DoYH KAn4edRruvVNI7SHVk20gPcqT0CjAVOPqUHyfVorVw1PBgAoUsru7EjshhE59O/Dy11l f44d5nPnG4/vyl1A9RILQIoQlYs8/D5wqs/QNgTqGR2zynjs2ZAHRXX9Ewb/oK21gQVd wAcqxYgiI6MlinDeIPwdKCUs348S5EWXJVxMwyKnIAT38lJwxD0kSspaw/VfCF4IGmnS 8vWA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532QaXWb2GG+RPY4VlCWi7zNCI07wrIdyw2m9RSJUjffIcXjdWGU YThBR/ZUuLNslixEJPyKTcDQp3ng7vAmSjUtLJC2GTvuz+A= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy84kpfXXOIxYM4rxdHPQ6Wp/JZTxw6wEU/LWgP32BjEztszfezMFDszwcg7qQWkgW4X31a1lgNDdxO2A8T83o= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:148e:: with SMTP id n14mr33854965ilk.301.1608921951077; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 10:45:51 -0800 (PST) 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 References: In-Reply-To: From: Jorge Almeida Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:45:42 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 75d360f0-bd23-46c9-a192-9f63994ed8b4 X-Archives-Hash: c31914c89c698ad9c94402fbd7df1b2f On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 4:41 PM Walter Dnes wrote: > > After 20 years on linux, I've been reduced to a newbie. BIOS boot, > Lilo, and fdisk served me well for 2 decades. Now I'm going to have to > learn UEFI, grub, and parted all at once. I'll start a new thread > tomorrow once I have my config files copied off. Then I'll install UEFI > mode properly. Learning about UEFI: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ Suggestion: forget about grub; refind is the way to go (link above) Also: you don't need parted; gdisk is fine if you're OK with fdisk Cheers Jorge Almeida