On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:31:27 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:27 AM, German <gentger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600 > > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600 > > > > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentger...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Out of curiosity I looked into my /boot partition and found two > .efi > > > > > files. One is /boot/efi/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi and another is > > > > > /boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi. I remember I've created > > > > > /boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi during install by copying kernel image > file > > > to > > > > > it and supposedly it was for efibootmng. I think gummiboot has > created > > > its > > > > > own gummibootx64.efi. Is that safe to delete */boot/bootx64.efi? > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > They are the same image; do an md5sum of both, you'll see that they > have > > > > > the same checksum. > > > > > > > > > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS" > (or > > > > > whatever is called in UEFI systems) looks for an image to boot, > > > > > and gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi is just a copy. I'm not sure, but I > would > > > > > not delete it: > > > > > > > > gummiboot creates both copies of the file. > > > > > > > > Well, no, I have created */boot/bootx64.efi manually and > > > */gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi was created by gummiboot install. > > > > > > In my machines boot/bootx64.efi was created by gummiboot, and it's the > same > > > ile as gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi (same checksum). > > > > I just did md5sums and yes, gummibootx64.efi and bootx64.efi are the same > > Mmmh. So it was gummitboot and not created by hand? > > Anyway, as I said earlier; I think boot/bootx64.efi is the default > location, and the other one is kinda a backup. I did created it by hand, but I think gummiboot overwritten the entry. Anyway, thanks for clarification and I'll leave both entries. > > Regards. > -- > Canek Peláez Valdés > Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México -- German <gentger...@gmail.com>
