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howtos:slackware_admin:installing_on_uefi_hardware [2013/11/12 16:26 (UTC)] ruario [Creating your own install media] |
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| ====== Installing Slackware on UEFI-based hardware ====== | ====== Installing Slackware on UEFI-based hardware ====== | ||
| + | Slackware setup supports UEFI installs. | ||
| - | Some modern computers have started to offer motherboards that use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) as a replacement for the traditional BIOS. Slackware is perfectly capable or running on such machines, albeit with the provisos that before Slackware 14.1 the official install media could not be booted via UEFI directly and no UEFI bootloader was provided as part of the official selection of packages. This situation was remedied with the release of Slackware 14.1. | ||
| - | If you wish to install Slackware | + | |
| + | ====== Installing Older Slackware on UEFI-based hardware ====== | ||
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| + | Some modern computers have started to offer motherboards that use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) as a replacement for the traditional BIOS. Slackware is perfectly capable or running on such machines, albeit with the provisos that before Slackware 14.1 the official install media could not be booted via UEFI directly and no UEFI bootloader was provided as part of the official selection of packages. | ||
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| + | If you do wish to install Slackware on a UEFI based machine | ||
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| + | If you have a requirement for Slackware 14.0, you will need to follow one of our approaches: | ||
| * Enabling legacy BIOS support | * Enabling legacy BIOS support | ||
| * Creating your own install media and booting from this | * Creating your own install media and booting from this | ||
| - | * Using another distro' | + | * Using another distro' |
| - | If you wish to install Slackware 14.1 or newer on a UEFI based machine, you can simply boot the official install media. | + | (**Note:** These last two methods are // |
| ===== Legacy BIOS support ===== | ===== Legacy BIOS support ===== | ||
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| * Chroot into that directory (after first using mount to bind /dev, /sys and /proc from the host system and copying over / | * Chroot into that directory (after first using mount to bind /dev, /sys and /proc from the host system and copying over / | ||
| * Setup the $PATH and other variables needed to run the installer (by sourcing the chooted Slackware profile, i.e. ". / | * Setup the $PATH and other variables needed to run the installer (by sourcing the chooted Slackware profile, i.e. ". / | ||
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| + | **Note:** If you use Slackware64 14.1 install media, you could opt to do a network install and select the mirror for an earlier release. Be aware however that this remains // | ||
| ====== Tips on install when not using BIOS legacy mode ====== | ====== Tips on install when not using BIOS legacy mode ====== | ||
