FAI installation on new PCs with UEFI BIOS

Thomas Lange lange at informatik.uni-koeln.de
Mon Aug 31 23:51:28 CEST 2015


>>>>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:39:50 +0200, Wolfgang Walkowiak <walkowiak at hep.physik.uni-siegen.de> said:

    > Or do I have to have a parallel syslinux TFTP boot menu setup as suggested 
    > here: http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#UEFI ?

    > I wonder whether the problem I ran into is specific to the mainboard
    > (ASUS H81M-(D) Plus 3) or more generic.
IMO this seems to be a general UEFI problem^Wfeature. All my install
clients still use the legacy BIOS mode. But I know new computers may
not support the legacy mode. I guess syslinux is the best source for
fixing this problem.
I would be happy if you could post your solution here.
-- 
regards Thomas


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