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[Jörn Schönyan <joern.schoenyan@xxxxxx>]

Am Montag, 17. November 2014 21:57:55 CEST schrieb Israel:
> 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 :)
You need 2-3 things:

#1 an EFI folder, you can take it from the official isos
#2 the iso needs to be build like

genisoimage -D -r -V 'ToriOS $arch' -cache-inodes -J -l -b 
isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 
-boot-info-table -o ../../torios-$arch.iso -eltorito-alt-boot -e 
boot/grub/efi.img -no-emul-boot .

#3 (optional) the package linux-signed-generic needs to be installed for 
SecureBoot. If SecureBoot is deactivated, the package is not needed for EFI 
itself.

Jörn