openSUSE, as of 2024-01, supports installation of 64-bit OSes on 32-bit EFIs. [^1] Fedora should have supported this since at least 2019-04, should have supported this. [^2] Its acceptance by FESCo, and implementation, are explicitly documented at Fedora's MediaWiki instance. [^3] However, it hasn't functioned since at least F39, and it's now F42, with the aforecited RHBZ issue still in NEEDSINFO to the assignee without response. Consequently, I've submitted this issue to request that the *existing* support [^4] be fixed. Reproducibility: : Always Steps to Reproduce: : 1. Write https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/42/KDE/x86_64/iso/Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live-42-1.1.x86_64.iso to a (15-GiB) USB-A ⪆ 2.0 storage device with mediawriter-5.2.5-1.fc42.x86_64. 2. Close Media Writer. 3. (Safely) eject the storage device via `plasmashell`. 4. Connect it to the USB-A port of the LINX whilst it is unpowered. 5. Connect a keyboard to the LINX. 6. Boot the LINX. 7. (Press ESC to) invoke the EFI GUI. 8. Enter the relevant page. Actual Results: : The installation media does not appear in the LINX 1010's EFI's GUI. Expected Results: : It should. Additional Information: : I've yet to evaluate whether Rawhide supports it, but have no reason to believe so. [^1]: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208003#c45:~:text=it%20did%20actually%20install [^2]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1474861 [^3]: https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Changes/32BitUefiSupport&oldid=500123#Release_Notes:~:text=Approved%20by%20FESCo%20for%20F27%20https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1474861%23c4&text=SystemWideChange-,ChangeAcceptedF27,-About [^4]: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/how-to-install-onto-32-bit-efi/85941/7?u=rokejulianlockhart#:~:text=Villy%20Kruse:-,Fedora%20ships%20with%20grub2%2Defi,yet%20to%20recieve%20a%20response.,-I%20think%20I%E2%80%99ll
I don't think this has been officially deprecated yet, but at least here in the installer team we don't really have the physical hardware necessary to properly test this. So I think the expectation so far was that it might still work, but we would not really know if it breaks due to some changed in the bootloader related code. If this is important for you I suggest to start a wider discussion on the Fedore Devel mailing list[0] or perhaps on Fedora Discussions[1], where maybe someone people who know more will be able to reply or possibly other affected users might chime in. [0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/ [1] https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/
(In reply to Martin Kolman from comment #1) > I don't think this has been officially deprecated yet, but at least here in > the installer team we don't really have the physical hardware necessary to > properly test this. So I think the expectation so far was that it might > still work, but we would not really know if it breaks due to some changed in > the bootloader related code. If of use, I have a spare LINX 1010 that I can send to you, if you provide an address. > If this is important for you I suggest to start a wider discussion on the > Fedore Devel mailing list[0] or perhaps on Fedora Discussions[1], where > maybe someone people who know more will be able to reply or possibly other > affected users might chime in. > > [0] > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/ > [1] https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/ I'm unfamiliar with the mailing lists, but if you check the bibliography again, you'll see a URI to the Fedora Discourse instance, where I did commence a discussion ⪆ 2 years ago. Since I was in Army BRTC at the time, I tried to supply whatever relevant information I could, but haven't had much chance to research it until now. Regardless, little discussion appears to have come of it, presumably because few possess the expertise and knowledge to state anything useful, which is understandable. (I don't!) Do you believe the mailing list would be different? I ask because it'd be my first foray into mailing lists, so I'm reluctant... 😅