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Jim Diamond wrote:
> On 2023-09-21 at 03:08 ADT, Henrik Carlqvist
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Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>> Loading kernel vmlinuz... done
>>> Loading file initrd.gz...done
>>>
>>> After that everything is frozen. Even the power button or numlock does
>>> not respond.
>>
>> The quick and easy thing to test would be to try if it boots with a huge
>> kernel without any initrd.gz. If that doesn`t help, it could be that
>> elilo does not cut the mustard with your specific UEFI chipset. If so,
>> you will need to configure grub or some other boot loader instead.
>>
>> There are some recent UEFI chipsets that doesn`t work with lilo or elilo
>> and none of those boot loaders are no longer maintained. For that reason,
>> in Slackware current (which one day probably will become Slackware 15.1
>> or Slackware 16.0) lilo and elilo as default boot loaders has been
>> replaced by grub.
>>
>> At
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-to-install-
>> slackware-on-hp-laptops-envy-and-possibly-others-4175728654/ there is a
>> description on how to configure grub at a new install.
>>
>> If you, like me, find grub a bit awkward, there are also other boot
>> loaders like syslinux/extlinux or limine.
>
>
>
> Also consider refind, which is what I have been using on UEFI computers
> since the first time I got one.
>
> There is a bit of a learning curve to it, but that is probably also the
> case for every other boot loader you might consider.
>
> Jim
>
Thanks for the tip. I always avoided dual boot systems so the simplicity
of lilo and later elilo were what I needed. In the end it just needed to
find the OS and start it. (Actually, loadlin was even more fun)
I started delving into GRUB and REFIND. I found this as comparison:
"REFInd is really good with automatically with finding your operating
systems, leaving all that manual configuration as totally optional."
(from: https://www.slant.co/versus/8093/13256/~grub2_vs_refind)
The grub manual is like 200 pages (printed in pdf, not too small font)
which looks like overkill for what I need. So it is still not my
preference. Of course, if slackware makes it as easy as it did with lilo
(elilo) I can live with it.
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