On 10/6/19 2:38 PM, Alexandr Epaneshnikov via arch-releng wrote: > hello. since i work on #63166 > <https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/63166?project=6>i have sum questions > about archiso project. > > As far as I understand, two loaders are used. syslinux for bios and > systemd-boot for efi. is it so? and why it is so?
* because systemd-boot does not support non-efi * syslinux may not work on efi (at least it does for few machines I tested). * systemd-boot is the... maybe bring most features to systemd... > > i modified syslinux config > <https://github.com/alex19EP/talkingarch/raw/accessible-upstreem/configs/releng/syslinux/archiso_sys.cfg> > to add another entry with kernel cmdline options. do i need to add > another file in configs/releng/efiboot/loader/entries for efi support? > yes > why are archiso-x86_64-cd.conf and archiso-x86_64-usb.conf? One for USB EFI boot, the other for the vintage DVD/CD mode in EFI ("El Torito") > > > thanks. >
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