On Fri, Nov 10, 2023, 7:35 AM J. Milgram <milg...@cgpp.com> wrote: > > <light going on> ... is it that UEFI firmware has FAT filesystem > functionality built in, enough for it simply to look at the EFI > partition, find the files needed and go from there? That must be why > there's no /sbin/elilo or similar that needs to be run ... ? I guess the > loader functionality is in the .efi executable in the EFI partition? >
That is true. Most (all?) EFI systems will let you choose an arbitrary file to boot from the "bios" boot menu (when you hit F11/F12/whatever your uses for the boot menu). Some manufacturers support doing firmware updates like that too. - Y Sent from a device with a very small keyboard and hyperactive autocorrect. > You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body.
