[syslinux] How To create a Bootable EFI USB for linux

Eduardo Kaftanski ekaftan at gmail.com
Mon Jun 21 13:40:43 PDT 2021


I used Ventoy as a learning tool...

Once I understood how it worked, it was easy to modify it to suit my needs.

I use it to boot Point of Service Terminals and install them via PXE in
systems where PXE booting only works for non-UEFI bios.




On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 4:18 PM Celso Suzuki <celso.suzuki at digitro.com>
wrote:

> Hi Eduardo,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
> Do you know if it is possible with these ventoy just create a
> directory like syslinux ? Or it needs an ISO ?
> Because I'd like to make a pendrive for different kind of CentOS
> installation, so I use a KS for each one. In syslinux legacy, I use
> the isolinux directory to boot the SO and use a KS to download the
> files.
> I'd like to do the same for UEFI, I don't know if it is possible.
>
>
> Celso Suzuki
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> Em seg., 21 de jun. de 2021 às 16:57, Eduardo Kaftanski via Syslinux
> <syslinux at syslinux.org> escreveu:
> >
> > Hi Celso,
> >
> >  Making a usb drive bootable is the same as a hard disk... make a
> partition
> > type EF and install some EFI aware bootloader inside.
> >
> >  This project makes that very simple:
> https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 3:03 PM Celso Suzuki via Syslinux <
> > syslinux at syslinux.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a How to create a bootable EFI USB for linux ?
> > >
> > > Thanks & Regards
> > >
> > > Celso Suzuki
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