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Having problem with installing Arch Linux UEFI systems

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https://bbs.archlinux.org – If I were any of you having problems setting up your system with UEFI, or without for that matter, I would use ARCHboot.The Wiki is here:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ArchbootBut you can download the image from any of the mirrors. I use:  http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/       but you can go directly to the image directory with this:  http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/is … t/2012.06/As you can see from the Wiki, ARCHboot supports UEFI, however I read somewhere that MOST UEFI systems have a standard BIOS compatibility layer. So this means yo (HowTos)

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Submitted by Shoutmeloud on 07/30/2012

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