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===== UEFI Firmware and SPI Flash Memory =====
The Honeycom... t loader for Slackware ARM. It requires that the UEFI firmware from the vendor be booted from a SD Card... the installer will prompt the user to install the UEFI firmware to SPI Flash.
Once the firmware is writ... the SD Card using the firmware in SPI Flash. The UEFI firmware functions much like a BIOS or UEFI inter
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====== Set up Grub as boot loader on UEFI hardware ======
Installation and running of Slac... s that use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rather than traditional BIOS poses problems. It ... impossible to boot the official install media via UEFI directly and the installation discs do not include a UEFI bootloader.
Installation of Slackware on UEFI sy
nguage and/or keyboard layout and (on boot of an UEFI system) a custom timezone.
Slackware Live Editio... o discard your edit and return to the menu.
=== UEFI boot ===
On UEFI computers, Grub2 handles the boot and it will show a menu similar (and similarly the... y to modify a menu entry's characteristics.
=== UEFI Secure Boot ===
On computers with Secure Boot e
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===== Introduction =====
If you use UEFI and/or GPT, then don't use this. If you still want to use it, you can probably set your UEFI to BIOS legacy mode and deactivate GPT. This is m... . But the process should be somewhat similar with UEFI/GPT.
**Summary:**
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cd /etc/grub.d/
chmod -x 20_linux_xen 30_os_prober 30_uefi_firmware 41_custom
nano /etc/grub.d/40_custom
gru
t_di_lx2160acex7|see notes here]]. Integration of UEFI firmware support. | mralk3@slackware | 2024 some ... and OS complete. Hardware model support complete. UEFI firmware is written into SPI Flash during install... el | Low | HoneyComb Workstation: Slackware built UEFI firmware (currently using the vendor's) and a UEFI firmware medium that can flash into SPI| mralk3@slac
don't want to update this page, since I don't use UEFI and don't want to start changing the current cont... talling GRUB2 =====
IF you have a hardware using UEFI, you should mount /boot/efi and execute this comm
