Just a quick update. I decided to compile my own grub2 bootloader and have managed to boot my backtrack 5 usb in uefi mode.

Though when I do, grub tells me "error: no suitable video mode found....

Hello bofh28. I took a break from EFI booting and linux related stuff for awhile, but now I am back to try again.

I read up on some documentation about EFI boot loaders here: Managing EFI Boot...

Okay, but even if I want to try Ubuntu before I move onto Backtrack, there is still the issue with installing Ubuntu on a UEFI BIOS.

I am willing to try out Ubuntu again, but if I'd have to switch...

Okay, so all of the commands seemed to work, except when I got to this one:

sudo mount -t vfat -o rw,users /dev/sda1 /mnt/EFISYS

It kept telling me that "/cdrom is not a block device"

I...

Well, I managed to get it extracted. I think I'd prefer to suffer through this, once I get past this first step the rest seems straighforward.

The only real question I have is what do you do with...

Okay, so I downloaded grub-1.99.tar.gz. Is that the right version of GRUB?

Now, how do I open/compile it? I am really lost. I am not accustomed to the Linux file formats.

Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I have wanted to use Backtrack 5 for some time now, but am hindered by the fact that my BIOS is set to UEFI mode. Because of this, when I try booting Backtrack from my USB it deems the...

Hello,

I have wanted to use Backtrack 5 for some time now, but am hindered by the fact that my BIOS is set to UEFI mode. Because of this, when I try booting Backtrack from my USB it deems the...