On 11/17/2014 03:19 PM, Paul Sutton wrote: > > > On 17/11/14 20:57, Israel wrote: > > On 11/17/2014 01:05 AM, Jörn Schönyan wrote: > >> Am Montag, 17. November 2014 03:57:40 CEST schrieb Israel: > >>> Hi Paul, Thanks! I am not entirely sure if the CD will boot > >>> correctly with EFI, I have no idea, actually... > >> Without testing: no, it will not. There is only the 32bit iso, > >> EFI doesn't boot from 32bit. > >> > >> Best regards, Jörn! > > Hi Jörn, Thanks I was unaware about this, as the Download page > > indicates that the i386 images will work for any computer if I am > > unsure. Do we need to include an efi boot portion to our isolinux > > in order to make it boot also, or does it only have to have 64bit > > packages? As, I said, I know very little about EFI.. especially > > standard EFI. I do know that Apple EFI is extremely LAME :) > > > As ToriOS is aimed at older systems, then for the most part I don't > think it is something to worry about that much. > > The page seems to suggest you can turn it off, at the hardware level > again it may be worth looking in to in terms of when you buy hardware > can this feature be disabled allowing ToriOS to boot from media (cd or > flash) and then installed. > > I think it is worth leaving the info in there for completeness. That > page does have some useful information as to how to deal with UEFI > hardware so it may be useful to someone. > > Maybe I just need to make it clearer, that it only affects newer > hardware with the UEFI system e.g 64 bit systems. > > > Paul > Hi Paul, It is probably not a major issue right now, but as the newer computers age we will have to deal with this. I know that is many years off, so this is more of something of interest rather than need. Also, Ali has talked about making a 64bit version... so maybe we could make a 64bit version that will work for EFI computers as well. Some people just want a lightweight OS. Not everyone wants Unity/Gnome/KDE/Xfce on their sparkling new computers :) And some people just want a traditional desktop... which JWM fits this paradigm perfectly... though it can be extended to use the more modern search based launchers... there are a few 3rd party ones available.
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