<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I like the idea of a full session dedicated to these 2 parts -- I have resorted to a herd of HDDs to do my distro-hopping(I prefer bare-metal installs) as I had 2 bad experiences in the past with GRUB getting clobbered some. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I lack the knowledge to know how to deal with GRUB issues, so some in-depth coverage would certainly be appreciated by me. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">An intro to EFI and Grub is quite fine too as I am sure I will leave the meet know a whack more than I did coming in.<br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">(Aargh, I just realized I broke the reading flow here, someone needs to beat my sorry a$$ for not getting with it. )</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 8:35 AM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 04:50:56AM -0500, Chris Irwin wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 09:45:31PM -0500, <a href="mailto:tomg@sentex.ca" target="_blank">tomg@sentex.ca</a> wrote:<br>
> >How GRUB works and what the difference between installing it<br>
> >and updating it is, especially, differences from LILO or rEFInd.<br>
> ><br>
> >How (U)EFI works.<br>
> ><br>
> >How GUID partition tables work on Linux.<br>
> <br>
> I think UEFI & GPT would go well together, as they are related to each<br>
> other.<br>
> <br>
> I've spent enough time (both privately and professionally) mucking about<br>
> with disks, partitions, bios and uefi bootloaders that I can take on these<br>
> topics.<br>
> <br>
> Probably a half-session for the basics of what and how (and some efibootmgr<br>
> fun), or a whole-session for more depth (how it got to be like this,<br>
> touching on secure boot, and brief notes on GRUB and rEFInd).<br>
> <br>
> That said, while I find it fascinating and useful, a full night of<br>
> partitions and bootloaders might be too much...<br>
<br>
Deal. March is open. If you want to wait until the danger of snow has<br>
passed then that is okay too. Let me know. <br>
<br>
We have been trying to schedule two presentations per night, so a<br>
half-session is probably more appropriate. But both aspects of this<br>
(how to use it and how it got this way) seem like interesting<br>
presentations. <br>
<br>
<br>
- Paul<br>
<br>
<br>
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