intrigeri: > after some initial reading, thinking and experiments regarding > UEFI support in Tails, I've come up with a first set of goals and > non-goals I believe to be reasonable to start with. > > Quoting https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/UEFI/: > > Goals > ----- > > * devices produced by Tails Installer should boot on most UEFI-only > hardware (e.g. some relevant set of Macs) > * devices produced by Tails Installer should boot on most hardware > that only supports UEFI boot for GPT devices (e.g. ThinkPad X220) > > Non-goals > --------- > > * UEFI DVD boot: BIOS boot from DVD works fine on most hardware, > including Macs; adding the files needed to have UEFI DVD boot work > on some systems will break what currently works for others. > * UEFI boot from hybrid ISO cat'd on a USB device: given BIOS DVD boot > works generally fine, it's OK to require users to go this way and > install their UEFI-capable Tails USB stick from DVD. > * Secure Boot support is not part of this plan. Picking technical > solutions that leave room for Secure Boot would be a great > bonus, though. > > Does this make sense to you? Anything you'd like to see changed?
If I understand correctly this means that to bootstrap a Tails USB stick you still need to go through BIOS somehow, either: - A Tails DVD booting on BIOS (we assume this is most common for DVDs). - A Tails USB stick manually installed booting on BIOS. If you only have USB and can only do UEFI, then you are screwed. Still, this looks like a reasonable requirement. Good job!
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