Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

#17278 new bug

UEFI boot instructions - add info

Reported by: Coldfirex Owned by: waddlesplash
Priority: normal Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Website/www.haiku-os.org Version: R1/beta3
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked By: Blocking:
Platform: All

Description

https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/uefi_booting/

It would be nice if we specify where to get "haiku_loader.efi" from in our install directions.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Starcrasher, 3 years ago

Maybe it has been pushed after you opened this ticket but, it seems to be there already.

Haiku Platform Loaders
As of R1/beta3, all of the available bootloaders can be found in (/boot)/system/data/platform_loaders

Maybe details about bootloaders could be added in brackets i.e (direct, UEFI, PXE) to make it clearer?
Maybe the wording 'platform loader' is triggering the good old user reflex 'If you don't understand it, it's probably not for you.' and some are skipping directly that passage. But it is already in an infobox to show that it is important and finding another wording that would be concise would be difficult.

comment:2 by Coldfirex, 3 years ago

I suppose the info is there. I think what confused me is the page is broken down into steps to follow then this piece of information is just sitting there but while following the instructions doesn't present an actionable item.

Maybe something like this would help?

(/boot)/system/data/platform_loaders -> /EFIBOOT/system/data/platform_loaders

BOOTX64.EFI (Haiku’s UEFI loader haiku_loader.efi) -> BOOTX64.EFI (Haiku’s UEFI loader haiku_loader.efi, renamed and copied from location mentioned above)

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