[GTALUG] distro support for 32-bit UEFI
Scott Sullivan
scott at ss.org
Fri Nov 20 22:31:00 UTC 2015
On 19/11/15 03:22 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Scott informed me that 32-bit Debian Jessie (8.0) does support UEFI.
> Wonderful! But I'm chicken: there is no 32-bit UEFI live image and I
> don't want to install without trying. After all, there may well be
> unsupported bits on these screwy devices. (Sadly Linux distros seem
> to be weak on touch, one of the strengths of these little devices.)
Hi Hugh,
I actually took a run at this properly a few weeks ago. In my case I was
playing around with a pair setop box like devices I own.
Finding #1
The 32bit UEFI support is in the Multi-Arch iso.
Finding #2
The nightly and daily builds seem to be broken at this time. Grub fails
to find it's own menu. (GRUB has uefi support).
Finding #3
The 8.2 multi-arch ISO boots, and then things blow up from there, with
questionable kernel / hardware support. Hence why I was trying the
nightlies.
So...
Yeah, I'm going to need to revisit this, but the road seems to be there,
just some real holes to fill in first.
--
Scott Sullivan
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