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Merge pull request #3336 from DamienCassou/installing-on-efi

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Adding a missing instruction for EFI installations
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lethalman 2014-07-22 09:36:26 +02:00
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<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para>You should boot the live CD in UEFI mode (consult your <para>You should boot the live CD in UEFI mode (consult your
specific hardware's documentation for instructions).</para> specific hardware's documentation for instructions). You may find
the <link
xlink:href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind">rEFInd
boot manager</link> useful.</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para>Instead of <command>fdisk</command>, you should use <para>Instead of <command>fdisk</command>, you should use
@ -335,6 +338,11 @@ changes:
should do this automatically for new configurations when booted in should do this automatically for new configurations when booted in
UEFI mode.</para> UEFI mode.</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>After having mounted your installation partition to
<code>/mnt</code>, you must mount the <code>boot</code> partition
to <code>/mnt/boot</code>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para>You may want to look at the options starting with <para>You may want to look at the options starting with
<option>boot.loader.efi</option> and <option>boot.loader.gummiboot</option> <option>boot.loader.efi</option> and <option>boot.loader.gummiboot</option>