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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/18/2014 03:04 AM, Jörn Schönyan wrote:
> 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
Hi and Thanks Jörn,
Do I need anything other than the regular isolinux.bin, or does the EFI
folder contain boot.efi (or something like that)?

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-Israel
ToriOS Team