Re: System Disk Creation

Hi Didier,

Thanks for the help.

The second option won't work as the efi.h header isn't part of either the
efibootmgr or elilo package. I've been down this road (the elilo build
fails due to the broken dependency). I would imagine the next version of
slackware will have this stuff nailed down so I'll upgrade at that point.

For now I'll stick with my boot stick - the dvd version works but I have to
type 'vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro' at the boot prompt so apparently I need to
edit my syslinux.cfg...once I figure out what I've done wrong. The syslinux
approach seems foolproof yet I always find a way ;-)




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On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Didier Spaier <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>
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