Subject: bug#41780: UEFI bios not supported out of the box when burning to usb stick

From: Bengt Richter <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 22:53:07 +0200

On +2020-06-10 03:47:20 +0200, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote:
> Welcome, Romulasry,
> 
> romulasry via Bug reports for GNU Guix 写道：
> > This would be a nice feature to have in the future when all there will

maybe not all [1][2] :)
-- though GPT improves on MBR IMO,
but you don't absolutely need UEFI BIOS code to parse that.

The part, well one part :), I'm not clear on is format compatibility
for data stored in BIOS nvram -- e.g. efibootmgr/UEFI vs coreboot fs (CBFS)

> > be is UEFI (bioses).
> 
> UEFI is already supported.
>

Wondering, is coreboot[1] on anyone's radar in guix-land?

[1] https://www.coreboot.org/
[2] https://puri.sm/coreboot/

> Is this the latest Guix version (1.1.0)?  What kind of machine did you try
> it on, and which error (if any) did you get?  Does the same installer boot
> and run fine when booted in CSM (‘legacy’) mode?  Could you try a different
> model of USB drive (this once ‘solved’ it for me)?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> T G-R

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Regards,
Bengt Richter