On 20 December 2014 02:03:41 GMT+00:00, Sid S <r03...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I still use GRUB to boot ISO images, and have a sysrescd image in > /boot > > for this. With UEFI, you can have more than one bootloader > installed. I > > hadn't considered the possibility of UEFI booting to an ISO > directly, I'd > > be interested to know if it is possible. > > Typically one takes the contents of the iso, places that on a > partition, > and then makes it bootable with grub. I'm not sure you can boot the > iso > directly. > > >> Finally, what's your opinion on 'secure boot'? > > > > That the main security is is aimed at is job security for MS > employees. I > > turn it off straight away. > > It is not a completely stupid idea. When it is adequately supported it > is > something I intend to use. It is possible (unless I misunderstood > something) to provide your own keys and sign your own OS partition. > > > Anyway, I am kind of surprised people are still having problems with > UEFI. > It's necessary to turn SecureBoot off, but otherwise I just got > everything to > work.
You can boot an ISO directly with GRUB2, no need to unpack anything I've been doing it for years. I would be interested to know if is is possible with UEFI but without GRUB -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
