Debian Bug report logs - #832687
support uefi

Package: open-infrastructure-system-build; Maintainer for open-infrastructure-system-build is Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>; Source for open-infrastructure-system-build is src:open-infrastructure-system-tools (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:33:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Hi,

adrian15 wrote:
> I propose you to send these concerns to live-wrapper project which has just
> begun and it's advertised as highly modular by Iain.

New customers ? Welcome !


> I think we should focus on making UEFI to boot and not re-thinking all the
> bootloader handling.

I well understand that each project has its own goals and priorities.
My remarks shall serve as background info.


> I once asked in a Debconf why the people were so stubborn to use syslinux
> instead of using grub2 [...] It would
> seem that the same people that maintain syslinux happen to maintain the
> kernel boot stack

The kernels on an Installation-ISO or Live-ISO should not be
adventurous enough to make this important. The devices on which
the ISO gets presented are supposed to be oldfashioned.
(A 4K disk might cause failure. But who puts an ISO on such a disk ?)

As provider of xorriso i stay neutral towards the boot loaders.


Michal Suchanek wrote:
> I was wondering that also. The GRUB is so cool and can do everything, right?

It seems to be more apt with EFI and ISO 9660.
debian-cd needs a few hundred KB to hop out of FAT into ISO.
SYSLINUX needs another operating system to finally get out of FAT.


> I mean if you install grub on a LVM soft-RAID array

Another unlikely device type for presenting ISO 9660, too our luck.


> Could have saved hours of debugging by going with the stupid limited
> Syslinux from the start, right?

Never change a working system.
I assume that this is the true reason why nearly everybody else
still uses ISOLINUX for BIOS booting from ISO 9660.

A well maintained iLive CD system based entirely on GRUB2 would
help to find out whether this is supersticion or deep wisdom.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas

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