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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/17/2014 03:19 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
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> On 17/11/14 20:57, Israel wrote:
> > On 11/17/2014 01:05 AM, Jörn Schönyan wrote:
> >> Am Montag, 17. November 2014 03:57:40 CEST schrieb Israel:
> >>> Hi Paul, Thanks! I am not entirely sure if the CD will boot
> >>> correctly with EFI, I have no idea, actually...
> >> Without testing: no, it will not. There is only the 32bit iso,
> >> EFI doesn't boot from 32bit.
> >>
> >> Best regards, Jörn!
> > Hi Jörn, Thanks I was unaware about this, as the Download page
> > indicates that the i386 images will work for any computer if I am
> > unsure. Do we need to include an efi boot portion to our isolinux
> > in order to make it boot also, or does it only have to have 64bit
> > packages? As, I said, I know very little about EFI.. especially
> > standard EFI.  I do know that Apple EFI is extremely LAME :)
>
>
> As ToriOS is aimed at older systems, then for the most part I don't
> think it is something to worry about that much.
>
> The page seems to suggest you can turn it off, at the hardware level
> again it may be worth looking in to in terms of when you buy hardware
> can this feature be disabled allowing ToriOS to boot from media (cd or
> flash) and then installed.
>
> I think it is worth leaving the info in there for completeness.  That
> page does have some useful information as to how to deal with UEFI
> hardware so it may be useful to someone.
>
> Maybe I just need to make it clearer, that it only affects newer
> hardware with the UEFI system e.g 64 bit systems.
>
>
> Paul
>
Hi Paul,
It is probably not a major issue right now, but as the newer computers
age we will have to deal with this.
I know that is many years off, so this is more of something of interest
rather than need.
Also, Ali has talked about making a 64bit version... so maybe we could
make a 64bit version that will work for EFI computers as well.
Some people just want a lightweight OS.  Not everyone wants
Unity/Gnome/KDE/Xfce on their sparkling new computers :)
And some people just want a traditional desktop... which JWM fits this
paradigm perfectly... though it can be extended to use the more modern
search based launchers...  there are a few 3rd party ones available.


-- 
Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team