On Thu, 30 May 2019 11:53:43 -0600 Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That's a useful size for experimenting with systemd-boot, which > expects kernels + initramfs and BLS snippets to all go on the EFI > system partition. The Fedora installer's default for the EFI system > partition is around 200MiB, and the most I've seen Fedora's > bootloaders use is ~14MiB. I'm going to look into alternatives since I seem to be having such little success with the default. I'll investigate sd-boot. > > Some firmware only boot CD's with CSM. Other firmware, you must use > the built-in boot manager, which shows what firmware type will be > presented when booting the CD, i.e. you'll see the CD listed twice. > Once with UEFI listed; and also without or possibly with the word > "Legacy" Solved this at least. If I edit the boot line, and knock off quiet, I see something close to "EFI stub: Booting UEFI in secure mode", so I know that I'm booting in UEFI now. > After you boot installation media you can check what firmware is > presented with # efibootmgr > > If entries appear, it's UEFI. If an error appears, it's CSM/BIOS. And > if it's CSM/BIOS then defining a /boot/efi mount point is invalid. If > you want a UEFI installation, it's mandatory that you figure out a way > to boot the install media in UEFI mode. Even if it means you have to > create a USB stick, and must abandon CD booting. This is a handy way to check and confirm. Good for future reference. But, as I mentioned in other posts, on hold for now. _______________________________________________ test mailing list -- test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
