On Sun, 2018-03-25 at 22:20 +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > debian-installer/packages/partman-efi/check.d/efi starts with these lines: > > if [ ! -d /proc/efi ] && [ ! -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then > exit 0 > fi > > if [ -f /var/lib/partman/ignore_uefi ]; then > exit 0 > fi > > > So it seems installation for EFI is only supported if the installer is > booted via EFI.
This is because EFI booting normally requires setting variables through EFI runtime services. > The armhf netinstall iso does not make use of the UEFI implementation of > u-boot in contrast to what Suse and Fedora do. So we get stuck in a > legacy mode of booting. This is unsatisfactory if we want to setup a > multi-boot installation. That should be fixed, presumably through changes to debian-cd. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson
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