On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 09:32:46PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: >[ Please CC me, I'm not subscribed to debian-arm ] > >Hi, > >in the installation-guide there were some changings for arm64 architecture, >being worked on by wookey and 93sam: >see >https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/d-i/trunk/manual/en/boot-installer/arm.xml?r1=69757&r2=69774 >and >https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/d-i/trunk/manual/en/boot-installer/arm.xml?r1=69776&r2=69781d > > >That resulted to this: >-----<quote>--------------- > > <sect2 arch="arm64" condition="bootable-usb" id="usb-boot"> > <title>Booting from USB Memory Stick with UEFI</title> > >&boot-installer-intro-usb.xml; > >-----</quote>--------------- > >However, this chapter does not appear in the installation-guide for >arm64, because arm64 is not declared to be "bootable-usb" in the >arch-options file. > >What's the state here? >Can arm64 boot directly from USB?
Bugger. That's a mistake, yes. Quite a few (most?) of the arm64 UEFI platforms will boot from USB, and we've been making iso-hybrid CD images to support that ever since Jessie. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone