Here are a few things to keep in mind for Slackware 14.2 on UEFI First.... EFI will replace your bootloader. So the standard LILO boot menu you've gotten used to will go away
Second... Make sure your BIOS is set to EFI/UEFI boot. You will probably see an option for legacy or compatibilty mode to revert to non-EFI booting. If your plan is to use EFI then this will create duplicate boot options and cause confusion, so disable it for simplicity. Third.. The Slackware 14.2 installer is EFI capable. All you need to do is make sure you booted in EFI mode and created a >100MB EFI system partition at the beginning of your boot drive, before launching setup. The installer will prompt when needed to perform EFI setup tasks. Since the boot menu has been moved to the BIOS, you won't need to go through the LILO setup prompts. UEFI has all the same BIOS options as in the past, but these new eZbIoS screens are so complicated I tend to avoid them like the plague...... so yes, you can set it to boot USB first. On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 8:21 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm ready to set up the new desktop server/workstation with the Asus > FX990 > motherboard and am about to enter into new territory. Avoiding pitfalls and > gotcha's is highly desired. > > Research has shown me that I will use the GPT partition type and that > UEFI > is installed on this motherboard (based on the appearance of the setup > screen). Having no familiarity with either, and no non-Windows guide to it > in the system board manual, I have some questions I'd like answered: > > 1. The system sees the SSD, hard drive, and optical drive. It offers the > first two for selecting boot options. Is there a way to add a USB device as > a boot option? My prefered sequence is USB drive, optical drive, hard > drive. > > 2. I'll be installing Slackware-14-2/x86_64. I've read on various mail > lists about UEFI issues. Might I encounter any of these? If so, how do I > avoid them? > > 3. With the UEFI setup is there a standard way to set date/time and some > of the other options? I had to connect a mouse to select the optical drive > over the hard drive(s) for booting, but clicking on everything else visible > did nothing (e.g., selecting performance, quite, or energy saving > operations). > > All advice and suggestions are welcome. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
