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2016 Aug 19
2
What's the best way to get Syslinux to boot efi?
Sorry thinking about this problem at work, I'm using my cellphone. Won't
get home until 1am.
I run Gentoo.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Syslinux#Setup_on_EFI_systems
is my distribution instructions on installing Syslinux.
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Install#UEFI
are your instructions.
I have tried both instructions only to get a blank or black screen.
Trying to make a
2016 Aug 20
0
What's the best way to get Syslinux to boot efi?
...on" on a specific path ("/boot/efi"), and then it is suggested
to create a (sub)directory on it.
If your OS (Gentoo) on which you are executing the instructions is
already booted in UEFI mode, the (sub)directory that is being suggested
is "EFI/syslinux/". That is:
<root_of_the_ESP>/EFI/systlinux/
Since the root of the ESP was mounted as "/boot/efi", then the path at
this time in your OS is seen as:
/boot/efi/EFI/syslinux/
Later in the instructions, this new (sub)directory ("EFI/syslinux/") is
used in the 'efibootmgr' command (with backs...