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 C775F1382C5 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 20:55:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C413E0BF9; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 20:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta31.teksavvy.com (pmta31.teksavvy.com [76.10.157.38]) (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 BA46FE0BF2 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 20:55:35 +0000 (UTC) IronPort-SDR: TlOu9MW8UFHSY7v+w4ynuxkNXHx6bP6e5WldC24vqjw/DWxh6ZG8sHj4Lj3KPUjIqJdx7X/ER4 f3fn+dQ+TrLA== X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FzCAAtUeZf/yHkSC1igQkHgUiDeGG?= =?us-ascii?q?Ic4RQhg+CGJw3CwEBAQEBAQEBATUBAgQBAYREBAICgXQmNwYOAgMBAQsBAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?FAQEBAQEGBAIChlqGUQEFJxMcMwsYHBIQRxmGLbAigQEzhViEZ4E4jSlBP4E?= =?us-ascii?q?CP4QqPoULhSsEgyKCWz+PUxuMbptRCoJ2gRgGmlyTDo9Ct1OBfH0IgyRQGQ1?= =?us-ascii?q?XnDEmMDcCBgoBAQMJVwGMMwEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FzCAAtUeZf/yHkSC1igQkHgUiDeGGIc4RQhg+CGJw3C?= =?us-ascii?q?wEBAQEBAQEBATUBAgQBAYREBAICgXQmNwYOAgMBAQsBAQEFAQEBAQEGBAICh?= =?us-ascii?q?lqGUQEFJxMcMwsYHBIQRxmGLbAigQEzhViEZ4E4jSlBP4ECP4QqPoULhSsEg?= =?us-ascii?q?yKCWz+PUxuMbptRCoJ2gRgGmlyTDo9Ct1OBfH0IgyRQGQ1XnDEmMDcCBgoBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QMJVwGMMwEB?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,449,1599537600"; d="scan'208";a="151290704" Received: from 45-72-228-33.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([45.72.228.33]) by smtp13.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 25 Dec 2020 15:55:34 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:55:23 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:55:23 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Message-ID: References: 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Archives-Salt: df8fa305-b8e8-49b4-a7ab-f14fabd7ba1c X-Archives-Hash: 93d1a252b4b47e74c5d7a0c09362e8c2 On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 07:32:42PM +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote > On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 7:17 PM Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > I'm not sure that it is really necessary for refind, but it doesn't hurt: > > Processor type and features -> EFI runtime service support > " -> EFI stub support One other thing, looking at the docs, it seems that refind requires initrd. Am I reading it correctly? If so, I may as well go with grub. Grub usually requires setting up stuff once. Initrd requires running more often. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications