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The ASUS "Bay Trail" T100 Is Not Linux Friendly
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Originally posted by crymsonpheonix View PostThis is really bad advice. Just run a 32bit OS with a 32bit bootloader; it might work to run a 64 bit OS on a 32bit UEFI, but you'll get all sorts of unexpected behavior because you're not supposed to be able to mix and match according to the UEFI spec.
Also, AFAIK Arch and Gentoo are the only two distros with support 32bit UEFI, and both require someone with linux experience to get them working.Hi
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It has a 32-bit UEFI implementation, and so you'll need a 32-bit UEFI install image. Most distributions don't provide one, because http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/26734.html
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Originally posted by mcloud View PostIt's a bad idea anyway to use a 64-bit SO with just 2G of RAM. It would be better with X32, but that's not generally available yet AFAIK
Asus must be using recycled code and 'forgot' that Bay Trail is 64-bit. I reckon that's what's happened =DHi
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Originally posted by moilami View PostI can hear ?$ secure boot advocates laughing their arses off now.
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Originally posted by crymsonpheonix View PostThis is really bad advice. Just run a 32bit OS with a 32bit bootloader; it might work to run a 64 bit OS on a 32bit UEFI, but you'll get all sorts of unexpected behavior because you're not supposed to be able to mix and match according to the UEFI spec.
Also, AFAIK Arch and Gentoo are the only two distros with support 32bit UEFI, and both require someone with linux experience to get them working.
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