public inbox for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible?
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:17:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <X+Y6xOSGshAZ7NYj@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKpSnpJQKEJq6w_D3R4qU859GAP5CzhXC0jzPyknag49Y04J5w@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 06:45:42PM +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote

> 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

  Thanks for the pointers.  Are there any changes I have to make in my
linux kernel to boot UEFI?  Note; legacy BIOS boot is *NOT* an option
on my new Dell XPS8940.  It's UEFI boot only.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications


  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-25 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-23  4:05 [gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Walter Dnes
2020-12-23  4:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-12-23  5:37   ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-23 12:44     ` Michael
2020-12-24 22:49     ` Dan Egli
2020-12-25 16:41       ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 18:24         ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-27  1:07           ` antlists
2020-12-27  2:01             ` Dale
2020-12-27  4:21               ` [gentoo-user] " Thomas Mueller
2020-12-27  9:45             ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 18:45         ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 19:17           ` Walter Dnes [this message]
2020-12-25 19:32             ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 20:55               ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 21:01                 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 21:04                   ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 21:07                 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 22:38                   ` Dale
2020-12-25 23:02                     ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 23:15                       ` Dale
2020-12-25 22:24             ` Peter Humphrey
2020-12-26 19:33         ` Dan Egli
2020-12-23 12:46 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=X+Y6xOSGshAZ7NYj@waltdnes.org \
    --to=waltdnes@waltdnes.org \
    --cc=gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox