Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 08:21:00AM +0100, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > > > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > > the X205TA. > > Is that documented anywhere? > I haven't found any information on this. > > The wiki only mentions multi-arch images. > https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#A32-bit_x86_PC_.28i386.29_support_for_UEFI > This was in the release notes for Debian 12 at some point. I have fixed the wiki, noting that as at 2023 there are almost no 32 bit machines that boot UEFI and that the AMD64 media contains the appropriate software for both 32 bit and 64 bit UEFI implementations. All the best, as ever, Andy (amaca...@debian.org)
Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]
Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > the X205TA. Is that documented anywhere? I haven't found any information on this. The wiki only mentions multi-arch images. https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#A32-bit_x86_PC_.28i386.29_support_for_UEFI
Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]
m...@dorfdsl.de wrote: >Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > >> In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is >> 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative >> system, including kernel, is 64 bit. > >There was another thread (maybe on debian-users-german?) discussing >that and Debian 12 doesn't ship multiarch installers, so it will be a >bit harder to make it work with 32 bit UEFI. The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in the X205TA. I still have an old mixed-moded Apple Imac that works that way as a test machine. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]
On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 10:46:56AM +0100, Leandro Noferini wrote: > Hans writes: > > [...] > > > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. > > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is > 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative > system, including kernel, is 64 bit. > > An example of guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ASUS_x205ta > > -- > Ciao > leandro > Debian's amd64 install media should deal with this properly now. The appropriate files are there to do this - whereas once upon a time it would have been multi-arch. Fixed by Steve McIntyre a while ago. Andy
Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]
Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is > 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative > system, including kernel, is 64 bit. There was another thread (maybe on debian-users-german?) discussing that and Debian 12 doesn't ship multiarch installers, so it will be a bit harder to make it work with 32 bit UEFI.
Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]
Hans writes: [...] > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative system, including kernel, is 64 bit. An example of guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ASUS_x205ta -- Ciao leandro
