<div dir="ltr">Hello! I'm here to report that I just created a usb drive using GRUB2 and EFI using information on this page: <a href="https://github.com/lopaka/instructions/blob/master/ubuntu-14.10-install-asus-x205ta.md">https://github.com/lopaka/instructions/blob/master/ubuntu-14.10-install-asus-x205ta.md</a><br><br>I will probably create a tutorial about this, with only needed and simplified steps...<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-07 15:47 GMT-02:00 Nio Wiklund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com" target="_blank">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Andre,<br> <br> Best regards<br> Nio<br> <div><div class="h5"><br> Den 2015-01-07 13:09, Andre Rodovalho skrev:<br> > Nio, I forgot to mention about 32-bit and 64-bit hardware. Well, works<br> > for both, if you want to use in a 32bit PC, you need to download a 32bit<br> > ISO and put on the drive. The same for 64bit. You have to select the<br> > right ISO from the grub menu. For Lubuntu I made this menu:<br> ><br> > submenu "Lubuntu 14.04" {<br> > menuentry 'Lubuntu 14.04 amd64' {<br> > set isofile="/iso/lubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso"<br> > loopback loop $isofile<br> > linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile<br> > liveimg noprompt noeject quiet splash --<br> > initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz<br> > }<br> > menuentry 'Lubuntu 14.04 amd64 (failsafe)' {<br> > set isofile="/iso/lubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso"<br> > loopback loop $isofile<br> > set gfxpayload=800x600x16,800x600<br> > linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile<br> > liveimg noeject nomodeset noapic --<br> > initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz<br> > }<br> ><br> > menuentry 'Lubuntu 14.04 i386' {<br> > set isofile="/iso/lubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso"<br> > loopback loop $isofile<br> > linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile<br> > liveimg noprompt noeject quiet splash --<br> > initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz<br> > }<br> > menuentry 'Lubuntu 14.04 i386 (failsafe)' {<br> > set isofile="/iso/lubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-i386.iso"<br> > loopback loop $isofile<br> > linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile<br> > liveimg noeject nomodeset noapic --<br> > initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz<br> > }<br> > }<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > 2015-01-07 9:48 GMT-02:00 Andre Rodovalho <<a href="mailto:andre.rodovalho@gmail.com">andre.rodovalho@gmail.com</a><br> </div></div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:andre.rodovalho@gmail.com">andre.rodovalho@gmail.com</a>>>:<br> <span class="">><br> > Nio, this is a old fashion style boot. But I have my motherboard<br> > setted to boot UEFI. Of course, almost all hardware today is a<br> > transition between BIOS and EFI.<br> ><br> > What I can say is that is working for me on old hardware (BIOS) and<br> > on transition hardware (BIOS+EFI). I see no reason why this could<br> > not work with EFI firmwares, since GRUB2 supports this technology.<br> > But of course, we probably should make partitions the way EFI<br> > requires to be...<br> ><br> > For a EFI only, we should create a GPT partition table, a FAT32 with<br> > about 512mb at the beggining, and install GRUB2 on this partition,<br> > lets say /dev/sdb1. For precision, we probably will use UUID to<br> > refer the second partition where the ISO files will be stored. A<br> > little bit more complex, but nothing that could not be done today...<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > 2015-01-07 8:22 GMT-02:00 Nio Wiklund <<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a><br> </span>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>>>:<br> <span class="">><br> > Den 2015-01-07 03:06, Emiliano Vazquez skrev:<br> > > El 06/01/15 a las 13:47, Nio Wiklund escibió:<br> > ...<br> > >><br> > >> If you are interested, you are welcome to extend it with other, maybe<br> > >> lighter distros, or make it more efficient ... the recipe is in the<br> > >> tutorial ;-)<br> > >><br> > >> Best regards<br> > >> Nio<br> > >><br> > >><br> > > Thanks Nio! i will test this!<br> > ><br> > > best regards.<br> > > Emiliano.<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > --<br> > > Emiliano Vazquez | PcCentro Informatica & CCTV<br> </span>> > Office: <a href="tel:%2B54%20%2811%29%204635-3218" value="+541146353218">+54 (11) 4635-3218</a> <tel:%2B54%20%2811%29%204635-3218> y Rotativas<br> <span class="">> > <a href="http://www.pccentro.com.ar" target="_blank">http://www.pccentro.com.ar</a><br> > ><br> ><br> > You are welcome :-)<br> ><br> > Please share your results, and give feedback, particularly if<br> > you have<br> > some problem.<br> ><br> > Best regards<br> > Nio<br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > Lubuntu-users mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> </span>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> <div class=""><div class="h5">> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<br> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>