Is AN going to provide a UEFI capable boot manager with the upcoming 5.1 release? While one of my ArcaOS/Linux computers will continue using GRUB 2, I have another computer where I would like to boot into two different GUID ArcaOS system partitions.
Being on the testteam of Arca Noae for ArcaOS 5.1. and seen Alex Taylor his presentation off ArcOS 5.1. I can say the following.
You can install ArcaOS on an MBR disk layout with UEFI boot. But this is approach has a lot technicall drawbacks. MBR I consider dead with all the limitations. It has GPT support and any dual boot with Windows 10/11 will require GPT support because WIndows 10, when installed on system booted in UEFI mode, Windows will only accept GPT disc layout. If you have a current installation with Windows 10/7 with an MBR disc layout that can remain in that way.
With the arrival of GPT support a lot of old problems are wiped out for OS/2 users finally. And one of them is that you can basically use any disc editor on hard drive or any boot manager. And a bootmanager on UEFI is nothing special. Its a menu that tells which OS you want to start. This means that old issue's with bootmanager no longer apply. No more primary partition needed and Airboot is also gone.
On a GPT hard drive you have a so called ESP partition. Every partition has its on so called GUID ID, which means that each partition has its own type. The ESP partition is a special type and ArcaOS or Windows puts its EFI file on this partition. And via a UEFI bootmanager you select simply which EFI file gets loaded. The AN bootmanager is called AN launcher.
Roderick
