On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 15:31:34 -0400
Johnathan McKnight <akoimeexx_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Mattias Andrée
> <maandree_AT_kth.se> wrote:
> >
> > In any case both SYSLINUX and LILO only supports
> > x86. I don't know if that is only the bootmanager
> > or the bootloader too, we need good ones that
> > support more architectures. Too bad I only have
> > x86 (well, lucky too I guess). Basically, all
> > bootmanager are good, you do not have enough
> > from to make them bloated, and their mission
> > is limited, so for a good bootmanager you could
> > just pick any. So one should try to write a
> > portable bootloader that is suckless.
>
>
> Only x86? What about the efi version for 64bit:
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Install#UEFI
>
> Or is this just strictly the non-efi version we're
> talking about? I'll have to look it over again...
>
x86 is often an umbrella term for 32-bit and 64-bit
(x86_64). But I was just going of what Wikipedia
listed. However, if you support 32-bit than you
automatically support 64-bit.
Received on Thu Apr 07 2016 - 21:35:50 CEST