On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Karagkiaouris Diamantis < > diamantis.karagkiaouris....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> How can i install debian with UEFI support? Is there any simple tutorial? >> Also do i have to disable the secure boot and then proceed with uefi >> installation? >> I have tried but then a message "could not authenticate boot media" >> emerges and the boot stop right there. >> I am new to debian and i don't want to abandon for this silly reason. >> >> Thank you >> >> > > I thought I had kept notes when I did this, but I can't find them. > > I installed on a Dell (don't recall the model number now, but it's a > recent model), and I found that the firmware appears to be buggy, in that > you can specify a UEFI installation to boot, and it shows the setting you > enter, but it ignores that setting and boots only to the default > installation, which is something like "\boot\default\boot64.efi". > > The only way I could get around it was to create a separate \default > directory (or whatever the default directory name was - I don't now > remember) and copy my debian64.efi (or whatever it was) file into that > directory, renamed as boot64.efi (or whatever the default name was that it > was looking for). > > Stupid firmware programming! > > > -- > Kent West <")))>< > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com >
This thread outlines my woes that I had previously: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg00544.html -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
