Robert Storey:
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> Anyway, the important point is that Debian with UEFI/GPT was a disaster.
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I have an MSI 970A-G46 and using GPT on mirrored boot disks with mdraid.
Bootloader is lilo, and I havn't had any issue. FYI, the init on that
box is busybox (http://turkos.aspodata.se/computing/busy
Just my 2 cents on the whole issue of UEFI and Grub...Everyone should
take the time to learn what UEFI is and how it works. The time and
headaches you save later are worth it.
1. Not all versions of UEFI are created equal. If you have never used
UEFI, I seriously suggest that you find out if yo
The shorthand is mine. I apologize for that. The computers I cite are
UEFI computers. Debian installs fine. It is the boot issue that needs
to be addressed. I think my point is that Devuan will not have to do
anything to address this issue. Sorry for any confusion.
RLFrost
Just to clear
thanks for the info, Adam. i'll be sure to test it though that's
about all that can be done for the first release.
-Gravis
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:21:56AM -0500, Gravis wrote:
>> after that i dont know but we would need hardware to test
> Just to clear up the EFI misconception, Debian can be installed on EFI
> computers.
it's my understanding that EFI is actually a deprecated precursor to UEFI.
from wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface):
> Intel developed the original EFI (Extensible F
Just to clear up the EFI misconception, Debian can be installed on EFI
computers. I run it on three of my own-- 2 Acer desktops and 1 ASUS
laptop. I use rEFind as a boot manager, as it it very straightforward,
and does a very nice job with all OS entries. I understand that there
are instruct
Steve Litt said:
> I've heard anecdotes of the UEFI system writing to persistant memory on
> the motherboard in a way that an app misusing UEFI could brick the
> motherboard. Therefore, the only time I use UEFI is when I absolutely
> must have Windows on the laptop, and the Windows that came on th
Gravis said:
> the first release will be almost the same as debian with the
> exception of packages needing systemd. after that i dont
> know but we would need hardware to test on to make any
> direct changes.
Hi Gravis. Yes, that's kind of what I figured. I'll do a little more
exploring on the
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:21:56AM -0500, Gravis wrote:
> after that i dont know but we would need hardware to test on to make any
> direct changes.
While for comprehensive testing you need an array of real hardware (as
quirks vary wildly), for basic tests you can use VMs:
* virtualbox: just clic
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:36:42 +0800
Robert Storey wrote:
> I encountered an issue which hasn't been discussed here yet: support
> for UEFI boot (as opposed to BIOS) and a hard disk partitioned as GPT
> (as opposed to MBR).
[snip]
>
> Anyway, today I decided that it was about time I switched from
the first release will be almost the same as debian with the exception
of packages needing systemd. after that i dont know but we would need
hardware to test on to make any direct changes.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Robert Storey wrote:
> Hello everyone. This is my first post, though I've
Hello everyone. This is my first post, though I've been lurking on the
mailing list for awhile. Until now I've been content to shut up and let
more knowledgeable folks discuss the technical details, but today I
encountered an issue which hasn't been discussed here yet: support for UEFI
boot (as opp
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