Re: System Disk Creation

Hi,

On 13/11/2014 22:26, Didier Spaier wrote:
> Hi Thomas
>
> On 13/11/2014 19:57, Thomas Altfather Good wrote:
> > Can some kind soul tell me how to create a bootable dvd that does 
> exactly
> > the same thing as my usb boot stick made via setup? My machine (EFI 
> boot)
> > is using a version of slack that doesn't support EFI but does 
> everything I
> > need it to. I currently boot from a boot stickted but would like to 
> boot off a
> > disk (harder for me to lose that a usb drive).
>
> I propose an alternate method, that you can use if you have some free 
> space
> in you machine's hard disk.
>
> Get a Slint installer for Slackware6-14.1n see http://slint.fr/installers
> (alternatively you the one I've just put here: http://slint.fr/testing/).
>
> Boot, make an EFI partition as instructed by the installer, choose the
> TARGET but skip the INSTALL step, go to CONFIGURE and when asked, install
> a boot loader using elilo, _not_ lilo.
>
> After that, you'll be able to boot directly off your hard disk, not need
> to use a removable device any more.
>
> PS The reason I advise you to use a Slint installer instead of a genuine
> Slackware installer is that in the case of Slint the initrd ships the
> needed programs that are not present in the Slackware version you use,
> but that's not the case for the genuine Slackware installer.
>
Even simpler, download the build material provided by Pat for efibootmgr:
http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.1/source/a/efibootmgr/
make a package for your Slackware version, install it, use it to
make a boot entry for Slackware in the menu of your UEFI boot
manager.

Cheers,
Didier