On Thu, 26 Dec 2013, Connie Sieh wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2013, צביקה הרמתי wrote:
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>> Hi.
>> The installation DVD (SL-64-x86_64-2013-03-18-Install-DVD) has "/EFI/BOOT"
>> directory, but it's missing the important ".efi" file.
>> Thus, the DVD isn't recognized by UEFI firmware as EFI capable booting
>> media, and it can be booted only using "legacy" (BIOS) booting.
>>
>> That's making further problems, because according to
>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/ch-Boot-x86.html:
>> "
>> Therefore, the installed system must boot using the same firmware that was
>> used during installation. You cannot install the operating system on a
>> system that uses BIOS and then boot this installation on a system that uses
>> UEFI.
>> "
>>
>> Therefore, Anaconda assumes that the system isn't UEFI, and makes wrong
>> decisions, which cause SL to not boot, until manually hacked.
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> Researching .
I have updated a SL 65 Install DVD image for you to test. If needed I can
make the same changes to the SL 6.4 Install DVD image.
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.5/x86_64/iso/SL-65-x86_64-2013-12-27-Install-DVD.iso
-Connie Sieh
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> -Connie Sieh
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>> Thanks,
>> Zvika
>>
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>> Hi.</div><div style=3D"direction:ltr">The installation DVD
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>> 13-03-18-Install-DVD) has "/EFI/BOOT" directory, but it's
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>> sing the important ".efi" file.</div>
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>> fir=
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>> "l=
>> egacy" (BIOS) booting.</div><div
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>> 6.html</a> :</div>
>> <div style=3D"direction:ltr">"</div><div
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>> fore, the installed system must boot using the same firmware that was used
>> =
>> during installation. You cannot install the operating system on a system
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>> at uses BIOS and then boot this installation on a system that uses
>> UEFI.</d=
>> iv>
>> <div style=3D"direction:ltr">"</div><div
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>> /div><div style=3D"direction:ltr">Therefore, Anaconda assumes that the
>> syst=
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>> ntil manually hacked.</div>
>> <div style=3D"direction:ltr"><br></div><div
>> style=3D"direction:ltr">Thanks,=
>> </div><div style=3D"direction:ltr">Zvika</div></div></div>
>>
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