From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:31:38 +0000, root wrote:   
   > I know I will never buy a system that does not offer legacy boot.   
      
   I came to the same conclusion several years ago, but today, most machines   
   with newer intel CPUs does not support anything but UEFI to boot.   
      
   My prefered way to boot UEFI machines is with syslinux/extlinux. However   
   it does require files from a newer version of syslinux than the one   
   included in Slackware. Another disadvantage with syslinux is that it is   
   no longer maintained. So I know that I did choose an odd way and   
   understand if most people instead would suggest elilo or grub which are   
   included in Slackware.   
      
   It was several years ago when I had to get UEFI booting on a system where   
   the BIOS did support legacy boot, but the booting device was an nvme   
   stick which LILO was unable to boot from.   
      
   Back then I did choose syslinux as I was familiar with its syntax after   
   having created bootable optical media and pxe boot systems with syslinux.   
   Back then syslinux was also maintained. So far, that syslinux approach   
   has worked an all UEFI systems that I have seen, but I do need to disable   
   secure boot. I have also seen a Dell system which was unable to boot   
   unless I disabled some RAID mode in the SATA controller settings.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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