[Mageia-dev] EFI/GPT

Fri Mar 1 20:48:29 CET 2013

Am 01.03.2013 20:42, schrieb Thomas Backlund:
+> Well, technically we already support both, but not OOB with the installer.
+>
+> If you create gpt partitions with parted, the installer will happily
+> install mga on them, and it will boot and run correctly.
+Thank your for that answer.
+
+> The efi part can also be managed, but you have some manual work
+> to get it to boot properly.
+>
+> I'm working on making mga3 beta3 live images capable of booting in
+> efi mode, and then if it works ok, I'll extend it to normal install
+> isos, and then we'll have to see what adaptions need to be done
+> in the installer to properly install efi bootloader and we'll be done.
+>
+>> Can anyone help me?
+>> Perhaps it would be good for someone with knowledge about that topic to
+>> contact Bernd himself.
+>> ixsoft is a major player in that field in Germany...
+>
+> Well, I do intend to make sure mga3 will boot & install on uefi hw.
+>
+> (as for secure boot, that I wont ever support)
+>
+Sounds good. So we aim to support UEFI (without secure boot) for Mga3?
+I will forward this to the German forums then...
+
+Oliver
+
+-- 
+Oliver Burger aka obgr_seneca
+
+Mageia contributor
+