Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-14 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 02:24:13AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > On 2/14/19 1:22 AM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > > > I beg leave to doubt that this machine will ever be able to boot > > without secure boot. Certainly, the manufacturer (and others) seem > > to go out of their way

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-14 Thread Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev
On 2/14/19 1:22 AM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 12:38:25AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: Summary: I hate UEFI even more! ;-) I can understand that, but I thnk the issue is that you still want to keep a Windows instance. W requires secure boot. Linux/Grub

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-13 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 12:38:25AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > > > > Summary: I hate UEFI even more! ;-) > > I can understand that, but I thnk the issue is that you still want to keep a > Windows instance. W requires secure boot. Linux/Grub can handle that, but > if you don't need

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-13 Thread Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev
On 2/14/19 12:18 AM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 07:53:45PM +, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 12:17:50AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: On 02/05/2019 11:27 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 10:03:45PM -0600,

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-13 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 07:53:45PM +, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 12:17:50AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > > On 02/05/2019 11:27 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 10:03:45PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > > > > > >

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-10 Thread Douglas R. Reno via lfs-dev
On 2/10/19 4:37 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 02:47:21AM +, DJ Lucas via lfs-dev wrote: On 2/6/2019 7:11 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: no existing mounts in /mnt Actually, there is a reason that /mnt hasn't been populated for a long time now. In FHS 2.2,

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 02:47:21AM +, DJ Lucas via lfs-dev wrote: > > On 2/6/2019 7:11 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > > > no existing mounts in /mnt > Actually, there is a reason that /mnt hasn't been populated for a long > time now. In FHS 2.2, IIRC, possibly earlier (I was unable to

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-09 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 05:07:32AM +, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 11:09:06PM -0500, Jean-Marc Pigeon via lfs-dev wrote: > > Bonjour Ken > > > Bonjour, Jean-Marc > > > May be that can help you. > >

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-06 Thread DJ Lucas via lfs-dev
On 2/6/2019 7:11 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > no existing mounts in /mnt Actually, there is a reason that /mnt hasn't been populated for a long time now. In FHS 2.2, IIRC, possibly earlier (I was unable to find 2.1), '/mnt' was redefined as a mount point for temporary filesystems (ex:

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-06 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 03:35:36AM +, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 02:43:04AM +, DJ Lucas via lfs-dev wrote: > > > I was not aware that SystemRescueCD was still current enough to build LFS. > > Maybe it isn't - but it has some useful tools and will give >

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-06 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 12:17:50AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > On 02/05/2019 11:27 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 10:03:45PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > > > > You may need to go into the firmware to get it to boot via the USB stick. > > > >

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev
On 02/05/2019 11:27 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 10:03:45PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: sudo dd if=/path/to/debian.iso of=/dev/sd? bs=8M status=progress \ oflag=direct Thanks, after what DJ said, I think that hybrid isos will be fine with 'dd'. But

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 10:03:45PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > > sudo dd if=/path/to/debian.iso of=/dev/sd? bs=8M status=progress \ > oflag=direct > Thanks, after what DJ said, I think that hybrid isos will be fine with 'dd'. But I'm still not sure why using bs=4M transferred less

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 02:30:55PM +1000, James B via lfs-dev wrote: > On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 03:35:36 + > Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > > > > Thanks. That gives me hope if I install a distro as the first > > stage. I tried some different search terms after posting (the last > > time I

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 11:09:06PM -0500, Jean-Marc Pigeon via lfs-dev wrote: > Bonjour Ken > Bonjour, Jean-Marc > May be that can help you. > https://okrepo.safe.ca/osukiss/8.4/isos/LFS-8.4-1.23.3-rescue-x86_64.iso > This is a bootable ISO with LFS within. > can be used to install or to rescue.

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread James B via lfs-dev
On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 03:35:36 + Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > Thanks. That gives me hope if I install a distro as the first > stage. I tried some different search terms after posting (the last > time I looked re SRCD and sticks I think I just got ubuntu > answers). This time I got an

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Jean-Marc Pigeon via lfs-dev
Bonjour Ken On 02/05/2019 10:35 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 02:43:04AM +, DJ Lucas via lfs-dev wrote: On 2/5/2019 7:35 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: So far, all my linux machines have had CD or DVD drives, so I have not needed to create bootable usb

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev
On 02/05/2019 07:35 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: So far, all my linux machines have had CD or DVD drives, so I have not needed to create bootable usb sticks. But I'm hoping to get a new laptop, and all the interesting and available ones come with windoze-10 installed and without a DVD

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 02:43:04AM +, DJ Lucas via lfs-dev wrote: > > On 2/5/2019 7:35 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > > So far, all my linux machines have had CD or DVD drives, so I have not > > needed to create bootable usb sticks. But I'm hoping to get a new > > laptop, and all the

Re: [lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread DJ Lucas via lfs-dev
On 2/5/2019 7:35 PM, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > So far, all my linux machines have had CD or DVD drives, so I have not > needed to create bootable usb sticks. But I'm hoping to get a new > laptop, and all the interesting and available ones come with > windoze-10 installed and without a DVD

[lfs-dev] Creating a bootable UEFI stick from an iso ?

2019-02-05 Thread Ken Moffat via lfs-dev
So far, all my linux machines have had CD or DVD drives, so I have not needed to create bootable usb sticks. But I'm hoping to get a new laptop, and all the interesting and available ones come with windoze-10 installed and without a DVD drive. So, I need to convert downloaded iso images to