On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So while I was discussing an EFI issue with Peter Jones we noticed that > the current release criterion dealing with EFI installs could be > improved. It's a Beta criterion, and it reads: > > "The installer must boot and run on systems using EFI other than Apple > Macs" > > The wording 'boot and run' is a bit odd, what we really want is to be > able to complete an installation, so propose: > > "In most cases (see Blocker_Bug_FAQ), the installer must boot, run, and > be capable of installing a correct bootloader configuration on systems > using EFI other than Apple Macs. The installed system must boot > successfully via EFI" > > We'd also like to propose moving the criterion to Alpha for F17: EFI is > becoming progressively more important over time and will continue to do > so. Peter says over 50% of currently shipping server systems use EFI by > default. We think F17 is the appropriate timeframe to make EFI an Alpha > requirement. I would agree with that. At work (telco enterprise hosting) 100% of our new physical servers are EFI based and have been for 12 months or more. By the end of the month VMWare vSphere 5 will be out and it moves to a virtual EFI instead of vBIOS (will have a test platform as soon as I get time!) so I think its no critical. Peter -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
