On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56:32PM +0200, Gregor Riepl wrote: >>> Actually, that was the easy part. Except for a custom built >>> grub-efi-i386 and some manual fiddling to find the install disc, I >>> didn't need to do anything. >> >> Right, OK. Not exactly a common trail, then. :-) > >Well, brand new hardware that "just works" is relatively rare. > >I just happen to value Debian as a starting point for most of my Linux-related >endeavours. Reduces configuration/customisation by much, and still manages to >come without unnecessary bloat like certain other distributions. >Also, I prefer apt over other package managers.
Cool, you're not alone there. :-) >> Right. If you'd just tried the multi-arch Debian CD netinst or DVD >> you'd probably have found that the installation just worked for you >> without having to fight with your own grub-efi-ia32 build etc.! > >What how where multiarch? >Ok, it looks I completely missed that. Oops. No problem. >And if I'm reading your blog correctly, the i386 images come with UEFI >support, so that would be an option too. Except that I don't really like the >idea of missing out on the advantages of amd64. But if it works... Correct. >> I'm *not* planning on adding the 32-bit grub binary packages to our >> amd64 CD images just yet. I'll want to add installer build code to get >> them booting easily in 32-bit first. Until then, please stick with the >> multi-arch images. OK? > >If that's the best way to get what I want, I'll give it a try. OK, please let us know if that works for you. >This seems pretty unique to Debian though? >Ubuntu doesn't ship their i386 installers with EFI boot support, and they >don't seem to have a multiarch installer either. I *think* the Ubuntu guys are doing EFI on i386 these days, but I could be wrong. I've spoken to them about the details in the past. But the multiarch installer is definitely specific to Debian, and the mixed-mode EFI support in the installer exists only in Debian *yet*. I expect other distros to look into it soon-ish, and it's great to share this kind of work to help everybody. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the far end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled knife whilst burning *black* candles. --- Anthony DeBoer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
