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#1 2017-04-16 10:48:00
- Head_on_a_Stick
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Add `efibootmgr` to live ISO image
Now that the BunsenLabs ISO image is UEFI capable, I think we should add efibootmgr to the installed package list.
The package allows for modification of the UEFI firmware (NVRAM) boot menu entries and is very useful for system recovery and repair, especially for multiboot machines.
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#2 2017-04-17 08:42:45
- johnraff
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Re: Add `efibootmgr` to live ISO image
I could easily add efibootmgr to the package install list and rebuild the two Deuterium isos before the official release. I guess the addition of that single package would be unlikely to require further exhaustive testing?
Any other opinions?
...and can we hold this a couple of days, just in case any other last-minute fixes come up, so there should only be need for one more build...
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#3 2017-04-17 08:48:01
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Re: Add `efibootmgr` to live ISO image
Any other opinions?
Sorry to be a pain but I've just had to reset a Windows password from the live system and it would have been very useful to have the package preinstalled (the laptop has a Broadcom card and won't connect wirelessly without a custom module):
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/chntpw
339KiB, installed (amd64); I think it's worth it.
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#4 2017-04-17 09:01:40
- johnraff
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Re: Add `efibootmgr` to live ISO image
Is there a case for putting chntpw on the CD iso too? It might just squeeze in...
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#5 2017-04-17 09:03:42
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Re: Add `efibootmgr` to live ISO image
^ Yes, I think so.
Apparently, in the Windows world they charge £30 for applications that do no more than `chntpw` does 
EDIT: actually, those applications probably do more than that, I forgot about the inbuilt keyloggers... [/OT]
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#6 2017-05-17 04:00:33
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Re: Add `efibootmgr` to live ISO image
efibootmgr and chntpw both in the new isos, and added to the netinstall package lists (master and helium-dev).
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#7 2017-05-17 16:46:33
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Re: Add `efibootmgr` to live ISO image
Hope you guys don't mind, but just to provide some background on why it's sort of needed when dealing with uefi booted systems:
A mini how-to...looks like it was swiped from the Arch-linux guys lol..but should be general enough to understand how it works..
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Efibootmgr
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