>> Actually, that was the easy part. Except for a custom built >> grub-efi-i386 and some manual fiddling to find the install disc, I >> didn't need to do anything. > > Right, OK. Not exactly a common trail, then. :-)
Well, brand new hardware that "just works" is relatively rare. I just happen to value Debian as a starting point for most of my Linux-related endeavours. Reduces configuration/customisation by much, and still manages to come without unnecessary bloat like certain other distributions. Also, I prefer apt over other package managers. > Yup, I know - I wrote > http://blog.einval.com/2015/04/23#ready_for_Jessie and the code > described there. I've been hacking on Bay Trail systems for a > ehile... :-) *Reading that article now* > Right. If you'd just tried the multi-arch Debian CD netinst or DVD > you'd probably have found that the installation just worked for you > without having to fight with your own grub-efi-ia32 build etc.! What how where multiarch? Ok, it looks I completely missed that. Oops. And if I'm reading your blog correctly, the i386 images come with UEFI support, so that would be an option too. Except that I don't really like the idea of missing out on the advantages of amd64. But if it works... > I'm *not* planning on adding the 32-bit grub binary packages to our > amd64 CD images just yet. I'll want to add installer build code to get > them booting easily in 32-bit first. Until then, please stick with the > multi-arch images. OK? If that's the best way to get what I want, I'll give it a try. This seems pretty unique to Debian though? Ubuntu doesn't ship their i386 installers with EFI boot support, and they don't seem to have a multiarch installer either. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
