Re: arm64: Booting from USB with UEFI?
Hi,
On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:50:39 +0100
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:40:28PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> >Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >What's the state here?
> >> >Can arm64 boot directly from USB?
> >>
> >> Bugger. That's a mistake, yes. Quite a few (most?) of the arm64 UEFI
> >> platforms will boot from USB, and we've been making iso-hybrid CD
> >> images to support that ever since Jessie.
> >
> >Ok, so I will add
> >boot="bootable-usb;isohybrid-supported"
> >to the arch-options file for arm64.
>
> Cool.
Done.
> >But that leads to another question:
> >There is missing content for something like "Boot Device Selection",
> >see
> >http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch03s06.html#boot-dev-select
> >for a similar chapter for i386.
> >That one for i386 is probably not generic enough to fit for arm64 as well.
> >If someone could provide some information how to select the boot device
> >at arm64, that would be fine.
>
> ACK. It's more like the "Systems with UEFI firmware" section there,
> but also simpler - there's no need to mention CSM at all, nor Windows
> 8 etc. I'll try to come up with some text if nobosy beats me to it.
Ok, thank you!
Holger
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Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de>
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