[GTALUG] distro support for 32-bit UEFI

[Scott Sullivan]

Just revisited the whole 64-bit debian on 32-bit UEFI thing tonight.

Using the 8.4.0 stable multi-arch DVD, I was able to get a clean install 
on first of my baytrail devices that I tried. It did not find my SDIO 
wireless card, but I expected to have to fight with that.

Post install reboot went just fine.

I'll try my other device another day, but expecting similar results.

On 11/20/2015 10:31 PM, Scott Sullivan wrote:
> 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.
>