Thanks Poison. SystemRescueCD is capable of booting in uefi so I can install gen too from it? I have heard good things about it
"Poison BL." <poiso...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:34 AM, German <gentger...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That's where I think the problem lies Mick. My system is uefi. Too bad that >> gen too officially doesn't support it. I just wish gentoo developers take a >> closer look at the issue and come out with uefi capable minimal installation >> CD and clear uefi installation documentation > >Well, while it's not covered in the official side of the install docs, >this wiki page was how I handled my system when I first ended up with >a UEFI laptop here (Win8 didn't even make it 12hrs for me ;) -- > >http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UEFI_Gentoo_Quick_Install_Guide > >It only has one minor issue, and that's the lack of mentioning first >and foremost that, to configure UEFI, you have to be UEFI booted >already (it does get around to noting it about the halfway mark). Any >UEFI compatible linux livecd/usb will work, though. > >-- >Poison [BLX] >Joshua M. Murphy >