[Live-demo] UEFI booting an USB sticks - 64 bit wrench

[Angelos Tzotsos]

I have been onboard for 64 version from day 1 :)

Angelos

On 01/31/2013 11:25 AM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> I haven't had a chance to fully test this so I was hesitant to file
> tickets yet.
>
> I think I have discovered how to get usb sticks to boot on a Mac, but at
> the same time discovered that many high end new machines of all
> varieties are about to break our current distro in usb form. The key,
> UEFI booting is only supported in 64 bit Ubuntu ( and from what I can
> tell that goes for all OSs). Sadly not circumventable like turning
> Secure boot off (a tip we should reference somewhere).
>
> Anecdotal evidence, I have several working OSGeoLive usb sticks and just
> got a new low end business laptop from lenovo with UEFI booting. I can't
> boot osgeo-live on it, but I can boot ubuntu 64 bit live.
>
> So we should probably discourage investment in a ton of usb sticks and
> discuss if for 7.0 we might need to also build a 64 bit build or find a
> way to bundle both (I think the 13.04 ubuntu live will be both). I
> recommend to conferences currently considering orders to do a split DVDs
> and USB sticks, and ask recipients which works for them before handing
> over.
>
> I'm also exploring a switch to Lubuntu which is now stable and even
> lighter weight than Xubuntu, leaving open the door to just build an
> ubuntu derivative even more stripped than that if it fixes space and
> arch issues.
>
> I'm not even going down the ARM rabbit whole yet with Chromebooks...
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> PS: Maybe after our official release Kalxas and I can try to run the
> scripts and build an exp 64 bit version.
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Angelos Tzotsos
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National Technical University of Athens
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