[arch-general] Difficulty installing UEFI

[Paul M. Foster]

On 11/16/21 6:12 AM, Damjan Georgievski wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 05:05, Paul M. Foster <paulf at quillandmouse.com> wrote:
>> On 11/15/21 9:18 PM, Damjan Georgievski wrote:
>>>> Well, I created this USB stick with dd. I used the basic ISO available
>>>> on the Arch download mirrors. I'm assuming from what you say that a
>>>> stick built from dd wouldn't satisfy what you're saying. If that's the
>>>> case, how do you prepare a USB stick as a UEFI device, and then how
>>>> would you then copy the ISO to it properly?
>>> dd of the official .iso should be fine
>>>
>>> make sure to disable legacy booting in BIOS (also CSM disabled).
>>>
>>>
>> I can't find a setting for this in the BIOS. There is no mention of
>> UEFI, and I suspect that the BIOS assumed all boots were MBR. Which is
>> what drove my original question: should I give up on trying to work with
>> this old motherboard? Or is there some workaround?
> According to this screenshot, there is UEFI support
> https://lv.wayzata-homestead-harvest.com/130167-spectre-meltdown-lenovo-m800-bios-VTNDUO-article
>
>
You are absolutely correct. I missed that when browsing the BIOS. Thanks.

Paul