On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Curtis Shimamoto < sugar.and.scruffy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From what I have been reading in the forums of late, apparently rEFInd > has a driver to read ext2 partitions, so can read your kernel/initramfs > from there. > > Also, srs5694 has indicated that the git version of rEFInd now has a > driver to read ext4 as well. > > -- > Curtis Shimamoto > sugar.and.scruffy@xxxxxxxxx > Thank you for both replies, Curtis - your comment about a systemd service file to append .efi to the kernel implies that when there is a kernel update you need to either manually create the appropriate filename (presumably in the ESP area?) or have the service file run a command to do that (presumably once written it is automatic?) after the kernel update? It sounds like the way forward is to set up with legacy and switch once the base install is done. Also I usually in the past format the drive before the install with partedmagic booted from a usbkey - but from what I have read partedmagic won't boot from a key with uefi! So if I start out with normal BIOS and do disc partitioning, as well as flashing the BIOS with updated firmware from a bootable dos key then I guess the main install should be as normal - and if it boots with legacy BIOS set with GPT formatted drives then it would hopefully not be too much work changing over to EFI at that stage. >From what I read if using rEFInd then Grub is not needed but am still reading! -- mike c
