[syslinux] Changes to get CD to boot on EFI System.

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Mar 23 11:09:13 PDT 2016


On 03/22/16 07:48, Michael D. Setzer II via Syslinux wrote:
> 
> Is there a process to convert a non-EFI CD system into a system that 
> supports EFI, or does one need to create two different setups. Not sure if this 
> is something about this notebook, or if it is required by EFI systems. 
> 
> Have newer desktop systems from Lenovo, and they don't have this issue. 
> 

Look for a "legacy boot" option; otherwise you need the CD-ROM to have
the EFI version of Syslinux or another bootloader on it (the same CD
generally can support both, although it may trigger bugs in some very
early, generally 32-bit, BIOSes.)

	-hpa




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