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[Jörn Schönyan <joern.schoenyan@xxxxxx>]

Am Mittwoch, 19. November 2014 02:22:21 CEST schrieb Israel:
> 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:
>  ...
> > 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)?
The official isos contain some additional files in boot/grub/* and the EFI 
folder. This files are responsible for booting on UEFI machines, I think 
they even don't need isolinux at all - it is just a fallback for normal 
AMD64 machines.