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grub-mkrescue --output=grub-img.iso
xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrw blank=as_needed grub-img.iso</userinput></screen>
+ <note><para>Most newer systems now come with system firmware that is in
+ UEFI ((Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) mode by default. To boot LFS
+ on these systems using the instructions here, the UEFI Mode and Secure Boot
+ capabilities need to be turned off. There are ways to boot with these
+ capabilities still enabled, but are not covered here. For details, see
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/lfs-uefi.txt">the
+ lfs-uefi.txt hint</ulink> at
+ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/lfs-uefi.txt.</para></note>
+
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