RE: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-12 Thread Charles Abdouch
t: Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system On Wednesday 12 December 2007, Robert Millan wrote: > > We considered using LinuxBIOS > > but there isn't any Intel support for it. > > Well, no, but I'm told AMD is strongly backing it up. I have looked a few time

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-12 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 12 December 2007, Robert Millan wrote: > > We considered using LinuxBIOS > > but there isn't any Intel support for it. > > Well, no, but I'm told AMD is strongly backing it up. I have looked a few times at the list of supported boards and it is TINY. I agree it has potential, but only

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:20:13AM -0600, Charles Abdouch wrote: > We're actually doing our own EFI Based BIOS. Who's "we" ? (sorry for having missed some context) > We considered using LinuxBIOS > but there isn't any Intel support for it. Well, no, but I'm told AMD is strongly backing it up.

RE: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-12 Thread Charles Abdouch
2007 9:55 AM To: Charles Abdouch Cc: 'Otavio Salvador'; debian-boot@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 08:48:18AM -0600, Charles Abdouch wrote: > > My thought for an i386 Legacy/EFI Install CD is [...] Please consider

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 08:48:18AM -0600, Charles Abdouch wrote: > > My thought for an i386 Legacy/EFI Install CD is [...] Please consider first if there's really a need for providing EFI. I'm of the opinion that EFI is an abomination in all aspects that relate to freedom (or even technical corr

RE: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-12 Thread Charles Abdouch
-boot. Charles -Original Message- From: Robert Millan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:30 AM To: Otavio Salvador Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org; Charles Abdouch Subject: Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 05:22:45PM

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 05:22:45PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Charles Abdouch wrote: > >> I haven't tested GRUB2 yet. > >> > >> > From your wording "suppose to support" it doesn't appear you have tested > >> > it either.

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-11 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Charles Abdouch wrote: >> I haven't tested GRUB2 yet. >> >> > From your wording "suppose to support" it doesn't appear you have tested >> > it either. It would need to produce an EFI executable to work. >> >> I will look into it

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-11 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Charles Abdouch wrote: > I haven't tested GRUB2 yet. > > > From your wording "suppose to support" it doesn't appear you have tested > > it either. It would need to produce an EFI executable to work. > > I will look into it after I get the initial work done. Note that g

RE: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-11 Thread Charles Abdouch
- From: Otavio Salvador [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:51 AM To: Charles Abdouch Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system "Charles Abdouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <...> >2

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-11 Thread Otavio Salvador
"Charles Abdouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <...> >2. Copy elilo.efi (i386 version) which I previous downloaded from the >Internet to the USB Key. Have you tested GRUB2? It's suppose to support EFI booting as well. -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R

RE: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-11 Thread Charles Abdouch
: Charles Abdouch Subject: Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system Hi, I still had your previous mail flagged as something to reply to, but had not gotten around to it yet. Sorry for that. On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Charles Abdouch wrote: > I am trying to create a NETINST CD wh

Re: Debian install issues with i386 EFI based system

2007-12-11 Thread Frans Pop
Hi, I still had your previous mail flagged as something to reply to, but had not gotten around to it yet. Sorry for that. On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Charles Abdouch wrote: > I am trying to create a NETINST CD which meets the suggestion above to > verify it would work with both and I would be h