On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 19:34, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/06/2012 06:42 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: >> >> based on a script somebody made >> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129885 >> I wrote a profile for aif -p automatic: >> http://pastie.org/3737804 >> For creating the filesystems, i leverage the aif functionality (it >> supports everything needed). >> For partitioning and installing the bootloader I use 2 custom functions as >> aif currently does not support gpt/efi/grub2 > > Nice :) > > Do you need grub2 installed on live-enviroment? In such case we need to > replace grub with grub2. >
I suggest doing this. >> >> The install seems to run fine, but since archiso currently boots through >> bios, i cannot make the efi entries with efibootmgr (no efi vars after >> loading efivars module). > > Do you want to include this tool (efibootmgr) in live-enviroment? > Better. >> I saw the recent patches for archiso EFI support, what's the current >> status of that? > > STATUS: Working (1) / Waiting for feedback (2) / Waiting for Linux-3.3 hits > [core] (3) > > (1) Its works: there is no boot manager, just an efi-shell that executes an > startup.nsh for passing boot parameters to the kernel. Using this method, at > least until EFI_STUB supports linux.conf in mainline, anyway doing in this > way is better because you can "edit" boot parameters. I suggest keeping the shell, as it will give access to a shell in those systems where the UEFI does not provide any option for launching the shell or other efi apps. > (2) Such patch increments in 20 MiB each of: netinstall-x86_64, core-x86_64, > netinstall-dual and core-dual. The question is: all these ISOs should be > EFI-enabled for "El Torito"? That was my initial comment too. Size increment and file duplication. > (3) Can be pushed now, will boot for EFI, but vmlinuz from [core] is not an > EFI apps, you will get an EFI-shell. > >> Is there a method to create a usb stick similar as described here >> >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_Installation_Media#Without_overwriting_the_USB_drive >> that is: an EFI-booting usb stick with archiso, which you can easily mount >> to put custom files on? > > Sure, skip the steps of installing syslinux-mbr, extlinux and marking > partition active, since they are not needed for EFI. > > Just unpack <ISO>/EFI/archiso/efiboot.img on <USB-KEY>/EFI and enjoy. > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1083439#p1083439 > >> >> If only I can figure out how to make the system boot, I think I'm pretty >> close :) >> >> Dieter >> > > > -- > Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi > \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1 >
