G4L Files

Lastest g4lefi-0.60.iso is the lastest version. It is an iso that can be copied
to a flash by using dd or rufus or other iso burners should work
It contains a gpt setup with a 64M FAT32 partition that has the grub4dos boot loader
for a regular USB boot, and also has an EFI setup for booting to grub4dos efi.
It contains the latest stable version of kernel 5.14.10 and has the latest relase 
candidate 5.15.rc4. The Regular USB boot has memtest86+, but doesn't work with the 
UEFI boot.

This is a test to add EFI support to G4L
This file can be copied to a flash using dd or an iso burner.
It will wipe out the contents of flash, so make sure it is a blank or flash that has nothing you need.
The image contains 64M gpt setup, and has both regular and UEFI boot options.
If the drive is booted as a regular USB, it uses grub4dos to boot, and gives options for the 
default kernel and the latest release candidate kernel. Also, has an option on menu to use kernel
with vga=ask option, so you can use resolutions higher than the 640x480. 
Just press enter, and it will list the available modes.

If you boot the flash as a UEFI USB Device it boots via EFI with grub2, and uses the highest resolution 
your hardware supports. Seems the kernel ignores all setting changes, so what it is passed by EFI
is what you use.

Both options load the exact same kernel and ramdisk.lzma files, so flash only contains 1 ramdisk.lzma
file that is about 30M and 2 Kernels about 10M each. Rest of space is for the grub4dos and EFI.

Did Find that if some machines are booted with Windows before rebooting to the flash, the network card might
be left in a mode in which the dhcpc fails to get an IP. Manual IP setup would work. Found an option
that allows doing a hard reset of nic to get around this. Currently added 1 line of code. But it only does
1st ethernet nic, so may not be the primary one. Will look at updating it to reset all nics.

So, it is for testing. I haven't run into any issues, but since retired, I have less resources for testing.

Any comments would be appreciated. Did a a basic background screen similar to the one on the syslinux cd iso
version that has been in place since I took over project back in 2004, but using grub4dos and grub2 seemed 
the best option at this time.

Thanks. Have a nice day and be safe.
mikes@guam.net