Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-31 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 28 Jan 2015 18:54:17 Tom H wrote:
 On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
  ... and if you have no need for multi-booting then the kernel efi stub is
  very simple to configure and still works reliably (with openrc and no
  initrd here). No need to install a separate boot manager.
 
 It's not just multi-booting that might need a boot manager or a boot
 loader.
 
 Using efibootmgr is OK but you then have to go to the firmware in
 order to choose to boot in single-user mode or with a non-default
 kernel.

Yes, you need to drop into EFI shell to pass options to the kernel; e.g.

 fs0: bzImage.efi console=ttyS0 root=/dev/sda4

but for regular booting (which is 99.99% of the time for me) the EFI stub 
works fine so far.  Undoubtedly, gummiboot, rEFInd and friends add much more 
flexibility and should be preferred when the user needs them.

-- 
Regards,
Mick


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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 21:36, Tom H wrote:

 My command lead to a non-booting machine ... the gummiboot-entry was
 removed from UEFI.
 
 But IIRC the 'tree' output that you'd posted, you shouldn't have the
 leading '\EFI'.

the EFI is under /boot/efi

from my trial and error today -


# ls -l /boot/efi/EFI/*
/boot/efi/EFI/gentoo:
total 113
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 115712 28. Jan 19:39 grubx64.efi

/boot/efi/EFI/grub_uefi:
total 113
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 115712 28. Jan 19:42 grubx64.efi



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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On 28.01.2015 21:42, Neil Bothwick wrote:
 On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:34:31 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 
 Would you mind sharing the tree of your /boot ... ? I tried
 booting grub and it didn't work yet.
 
 To answer this and your previous question. I already had a 1 GB
 ESP mounted at /boot. Grub's files live in /boot/EFI/GRUB2.

hmm. No luck here so far with chosing grub_uefi.
It skips to gummiboot somehow.


# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0008
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,0008,,0002,0003,0004,0007,0005,0006
Boot* Linux Boot Manager
HD(1,800,2f000,47853772-63b0-4140-868a-4af5fe448f25)File(\EFI\gummiboot\gummibootx64.efi)
Boot0001* grub_uefi
HD(1,800,2f000,47853772-63b0-4140-868a-4af5fe448f25)File(\EFI\grub_uefi\grubx64.efi)
Boot0002* USB Floppy/CD
Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,050001)AMBO
Boot0003* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,030001)AMBO
Boot0004* USB Hard Drive
Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,020001)AMBO
Boot0005* Unknown DeviceBIOS(2,0,00)AMGOAMNOo.S.a.m.s.u.n.g.
.S.S.D. .8.4.0. .E.V.O.
.2.5.0.G.BA.....Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.1.S.B.D.S.N.D.B.1.B.4.6.3.1.
.M. . . . ......AMBOAMNOo.H.i.t.a.c.h.i.
.H.D.S.7.2.1.0.1.0.C.L.A.6.3.2A.....Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.
. . . . .
.P.J.9.2.0.4.8.J.1.3.S.4.V.G......AMBOAMNOo.S.T.3.1.0.0.0.5.2.4.A.SA.....Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.
. . . . . . . . . . .
.V.9.D.P.1.H.0.D......AMBOAMNO..K.i.n.g.m.a.x.
.U.S.B.2...0.
.F.l.a.s.h.D.i.s.k.1.1.0.0A.N..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.K.i.n.g.m.a.x.
.U.S.B.2...0. .F.l.a.s.h.D.i.s.k.1.1.0.0......AMBO
Boot0006* Unknown DeviceBIOS(3,0,00)AMGOAMNOo.h.p. . . . . .
. .C.D.D.V.D.W.
.T.S.-.H.6.5.3.T.NA.....Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.8.R.G.L.G.6.B.F.7.A.4.8.2.4.
. . . . . ......AMBO
Boot0007* UEFI: Kingmax USB2.0 FlashDisk1100
ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,5)PCI(0,0)USB(1,0)USB(4,0)USB(4,0)HD(1,1,f09fff,000d2d9d)AMBO
Boot0008* gummiboot
HD(1,800,2f000,47853772-63b0-4140-868a-4af5fe448f25)File(\EFI\gummiboot\gummibootx64.efi)



- ---


# tree /boot/
/boot/
??? e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f
?   ??? 3.18.3-gentoo
?   ??? initrd
?   ??? kernel
??? efi
?   ??? boot
?   ?   ??? bootx64.efi
?   ?   ??? x86_64-efi
?   ?   ??? acpi.mod
?   ?   ??? adler32.mod
?   ?   ??? affs.mod

[...]

?   ??? EFI
?   ?   ??? gentoo
?   ?   ?   ??? grubx64.efi
?   ?   ??? grub_uefi
?   ?   ??? grubx64.efi
?   ??? gentoo
?   ?   ??? grubx64.efi
?   ??? grub
?   ?   ??? ascii.pf2
?   ?   ??? grub
?   ?   ??? grub.cfg
?   ?   ??? unicode.pf2
?   ??? gummiboot
?   ??? gummibootx64.efi
??? grub
?   ??? fonts
?   ?   ??? unicode.pf2
?   ??? grub
?   ??? grubenv
?   ??? locale
?   ?   ??? de.mo
?   ??? themes
?   ?   ??? starfield
?   ?   ??? blob_w.png
?   ?   ??? boot_menu_c.png

[...]

??? loader
??? entries
?   ??? e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f-3.18.3-gentoo.conf
?   ??? gentoo.conf
??? loader.conf



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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 21:31, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 My command lead to a non-booting machine ... the gummiboot-entry was
 removed from UEFI.

tried your command and rebooted, worked, thanks!

I now have:

# efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0008
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0008,,0001,0002,0003,0004,0007,0005,0006
Boot* Linux Boot Manager
Boot0001* grub_uefi
Boot0002* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0003* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Boot0004* USB Hard Drive
Boot0005* Unknown Device
Boot0006* Unknown Device
Boot0007* UEFI: Kingmax USB2.0 FlashDisk1100
Boot0008* gummiboot

So  and 0008 point to the same UEFI app ... anyway.

-

Would you mind sharing the tree of your /boot ... ?
I tried booting grub and it didn't work yet.

Not urgent but interesting.




Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 20:47, Tom H wrote:
 On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 19:50, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 19:44, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 So now Linux Boot Manager is gummiboot  ... and grub is grub ;)

 And for the records:

 renaming Linux Boot Manager to gummiboot was done by:

 # efibootmgr -b -B

 # efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot

 nice!

 sorry, did NOT work for me ... but the label is cosmetic.

 I do

 # efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot -l '\EFI\gummiboot\gummibootx64.efi'

 and I have

 # efibootmgr
 BootCurrent: 0004
 Timeout: 0 seconds
 BootOrder: ,0001,0002,0003
 Boot* gummiboot
 Boot0001* grub
 Boot0002* vanilla
 Boot0003* vivid
 Boot2001* EFI USB Device
 Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
 Boot2003* EFI Network

 vanilla = self-compiled 3.19 kernel
 vivid = default Ubuntu 15.04 kernel

 ok ... worth a try.

 My command lead to a non-booting machine ... the gummiboot-entry was
 removed from UEFI.

But IIRC the 'tree' output that you'd posted, you shouldn't have the
leading '\EFI'.



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:34:31 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 Would you mind sharing the tree of your /boot ... ?
 I tried booting grub and it didn't work yet.

To answer this and your previous question. I already had a 1 GB ESP
mounted at /boot. Grub's files live in /boot/EFI/GRUB2.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Set phasers to extreme itching!


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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:50:19 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

  To answer this and your previous question. I already had a 1 GB
  ESP mounted at /boot. Grub's files live in /boot/EFI/GRUB2.  
 
 hmm. No luck here so far with chosing grub_uefi.
 It skips to gummiboot somehow.
 
 
 # efibootmgr -v
 BootCurrent: 0008
 Timeout: 0 seconds
 BootOrder: 0001,0008,,0002,0003,0004,0007,0005,0006
 Boot* Linux Boot Manager
 HD(1,800,2f000,47853772-63b0-4140-868a-4af5fe448f25)File(\EFI\gummiboot\gummibootx64.efi)
 Boot0001* grub_uefi
 HD(1,800,2f000,47853772-63b0-4140-868a-4af5fe448f25)File(\EFI\grub_uefi\grubx64.efi)

Which could be because Grub can't find it's files. It installed them
in /boot/EFI/GRUB2 here.

% ls -1 /boot/EFI/**/*.efi
/boot/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi
/boot/EFI/GRUB2/grubx64.efi
/boot/EFI/GRUB2/x86_64-efi/core.efi
/boot/EFI/GRUB2/x86_64-efi/grub.efi
/boot/EFI/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Men who have playful kittens shouldn't sleep in the nude.


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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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On 28.01.2015 22:16, Neil Bothwick wrote:

 Which could be because Grub can't find it's files. It installed
 them in /boot/EFI/GRUB2 here.
 
 % ls -1 /boot/EFI/**/*.efi /boot/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi 
 /boot/EFI/GRUB2/grubx64.efi /boot/EFI/GRUB2/x86_64-efi/core.efi 
 /boot/EFI/GRUB2/x86_64-efi/grub.efi 
 /boot/EFI/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi

my status:

# ls -1 /boot/EFI/**/*.efi
/boot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
/boot/EFI/gentoo/grubx64.efi
/boot/EFI/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi

It seems it's too late for me to get that fixed today .. long and busy
day (and currently still doing job work) ... tired ...

Thanks so far, Stefan
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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 21:31, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:


 My command lead to a non-booting machine ... the gummiboot-entry was
 removed from UEFI.

 tried your command and rebooted, worked, thanks!

You're welcome.


 Would you mind sharing the tree of your /boot ... ?
 I tried booting grub and it didn't work yet.

 Not urgent but interesting.

# ls -RF
.:
System.map-3.18.0-11-generic  abi-3.18.0-11-generic
config-3.18.0-11-generic   efi/   initrd.img-3.18.0-11-generic
memtest86+.bin  memtest86+_multiboot.bin   vmlinuz-3.19.0-rc6
System.map-3.19.0-rc6 abi-3.19.0-rc6
config-3.19.0-999-generic  grub/  initrd.img-3.19.0-rc6
memtest86+.elf  vmlinuz-3.18.0-11-generic

./efi:
3.18.0-11-generic/  3.19.0-rc6/  EFI/  loader/

./efi/3.18.0-11-generic:
initrd*  vmlinuz*

./efi/3.19.0-rc6:
initrd*  vmlinuz*

./efi/EFI:
gummiboot/  ubuntu/

./efi/EFI/gummiboot:
gummibootx64.efi*

./efi/EFI/ubuntu:
MokManager.efi*  grub.cfg*  grubx64.efi*  shimx64.efi*

./efi/loader:
entries/  loader.conf*

./efi/loader/entries:
3.18.0-11.conf*  3.19.0-rc6.conf*

./grub:
fonts/  grub.cfg  grubenv  locale/  unicode.pf2  x86_64-efi/

./grub/fonts:
unicode.pf2

./grub/locale:

./grub/x86_64-efi:
snip



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 21:36, Tom H wrote:


 My command lead to a non-booting machine ... the gummiboot-entry was
 removed from UEFI.

 But IIRC the 'tree' output that you'd posted, you shouldn't have the
 leading '\EFI'.

 the EFI is under /boot/efi

I was confused. You need the leading '\EFI'.


 from my trial and error today -

 # ls -l /boot/efi/EFI/*
 /boot/efi/EFI/gentoo:
 total 113
 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 115712 28. Jan 19:39 grubx64.efi

 /boot/efi/EFI/grub_uefi:
 total 113
 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 115712 28. Jan 19:42 grubx64.efi

You need a 'grub.cfg' in '/boot/efi/EFI/grub_uefi'.

I've deleted your email with the 'tree' output. I'm going to have to
look it up in the archives because you shouldn't have 'efi' in your
path if the ESP mountpoint is '/boot'.



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 22:37, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 thanks, I will go through this asap (hopefully tomorrow).
 Just in case someone else is motivated right now ;-)
 
 - mine (with definitely too much grub-content in there)

should I go for it and format the ESP ... remount and re-install both
gummiboot and grub2 ??

I think I will do.



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 20:47, Tom H wrote:
 On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 19:50, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 19:44, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 So now Linux Boot Manager is gummiboot  ... and grub is grub ;)

 And for the records:

 renaming Linux Boot Manager to gummiboot was done by:

 # efibootmgr -b -B

 # efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot

 nice!

 sorry, did NOT work for me ... but the label is cosmetic.
 
 I do
 
 # efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot -l '\EFI\gummiboot\gummibootx64.efi'
 
 and I have
 
 # efibootmgr
 BootCurrent: 0004
 Timeout: 0 seconds
 BootOrder: ,0001,0002,0003
 Boot* gummiboot
 Boot0001* grub
 Boot0002* vanilla
 Boot0003* vivid
 Boot2001* EFI USB Device
 Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
 Boot2003* EFI Network
 
 vanilla = self-compiled 3.19 kernel
 vivid = default Ubuntu 15.04 kernel

ok ... worth a try.

My command lead to a non-booting machine ... the gummiboot-entry was
removed from UEFI.





Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 22:32, Tom H wrote:
 On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 21:31, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 
 
 My command lead to a non-booting machine ... the gummiboot-entry was
 removed from UEFI.

 tried your command and rebooted, worked, thanks!
 
 You're welcome.
 
 
 Would you mind sharing the tree of your /boot ... ?
 I tried booting grub and it didn't work yet.

 Not urgent but interesting.
 
 # ls -RF
 .:
 System.map-3.18.0-11-generic  abi-3.18.0-11-generic


thanks, I will go through this asap (hopefully tomorrow).
Just in case someone else is motivated right now ;-)

- mine (with definitely too much grub-content in there)

# ls -RF
.:
e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f/  efi/  grub/  loader/

./e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f:
3.18.3-gentoo/

./e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f/3.18.3-gentoo:
initrd*  kernel*

./efi:
boot/  EFI/  gentoo/  grub/  gummiboot/

./efi/boot:
bootx64.efi*  x86_64-efi/

./efi/boot/x86_64-efi:
acpi.mod*  disk.mod* gcry_whirlpool.mod*
lzopio.mod*   part_sunpc.mod*   test_blockarg.mod*
adler32.mod*   div_test.mod* geli.mod*
macbless.mod* parttool.lst* testload.mod*
affs.mod*  dm_nv.mod*gettext.mod*
macho.mod*parttool.mod* test.mod*
afs.mod*   echo.mod* gfxmenu.mod*
mdraid09_be.mod*  password.mod* testspeed.mod*
ahci.mod*  efifwsetup.mod*   gfxterm_background.mod*
mdraid09.mod* password_pbkdf2.mod*  tftp.mod*
all_video.mod* efi_gop.mod*  gfxterm_menu.mod*
mdraid1x.mod* pata.mod* tga.mod*
aout.mod*  efinet.mod*   gfxterm.mod*
memdisk.mod*  pbkdf2.mod*   time.mod*
appleldr.mod*  efi_uga.mod*  gptsync.mod*
memrw.mod*pbkdf2_test.mod*  trig.mod*
archelp.mod*   ehci.mod* gzio.mod*
minicmd.mod*  pcidump.mod*  tr.mod*
ata.mod*   elf.mod*  halt.mod*
minix2_be.mod*play.mod* true.mod*
at_keyboard.mod*   eval.mod* hashsum.mod*
minix2.mod*   png.mod*  udf.mod*
backtrace.mod* exfat.mod*hdparm.mod*
minix3_be.mod*priority_queue.mod*   ufs1_be.mod*
bfs.mod*   exfctest.mod* hello.mod*
minix3.mod*   probe.mod*ufs1.mod*
bitmap.mod*ext2.mod* help.mod*
minix_be.mod* procfs.mod*   ufs2.mod*
bitmap_scale.mod*  extcmd.mod*   hexdump.mod*
minix.mod*progress.mod* uhci.mod*
blocklist.mod* fat.mod*  hfs.mod*
mmap.mod* raid5rec.mod* usb_keyboard.mod*
boot.mod*  file.mod* hfspluscomp.mod*
moddep.lst*   raid6rec.mod* usb.mod*
bsd.mod*   fixvideo.mod* hfsplus.mod*
morse.mod*read.mod* usbms.mod*
btrfs.mod* font.mod* http.mod*
mpi.mod*  reboot.mod*   usbserial_common.mod*
bufio.mod* fshelp.mod*   iorw.mod*
msdospart.mod*regexp.mod*   usbserial_ftdi.mod*
cat.mod*   fs.lst*   iso9660.mod*
multiboot2.mod*   reiserfs.mod* usbserial_pl2303.mod*
cbfs.mod*  functional_test.mod*  jfs.mod*
multiboot.mod*relocator.mod*usbserial_usbdebug.mod*
cbls.mod*  gcry_arcfour.mod* jpeg.mod*
nativedisk.mod*   romfs.mod*usbtest.mod*
cbmemc.mod*gcry_blowfish.mod*keylayouts.mod*
net.mod*  scsi.mod* verify.mod*
cbtable.mod*   gcry_camellia.mod*keystatus.mod*
newc.mod* search_fs_file.mod*   video_bochs.mod*
cbtime.mod*gcry_cast5.mod*   ldm.mod*
nilfs2.mod*   search_fs_uuid.mod*   video_cirrus.mod*
chain.mod* gcry_crc.mod* legacycfg.mod*
normal.mod*   search_label.mod* video_colors.mod*
cmdline_cat_test.mod*  gcry_des.mod* legacy_password_test.mod*
ntfscomp.mod* search.mod*   video_fb.mod*
cmp.mod*   gcry_dsa.mod* linux16.mod*
ntfs.mod* serial.mod*   videoinfo.mod*
command.lst*   gcry_idea.mod*linux.mod*
odc.mod*  setjmp.mod*   video.lst*
configfile.mod*gcry_md4.mod* loadbios.mod*
offsetio.mod* setjmp_test.mod*  video.mod*
cpio_be.mod*   gcry_md5.mod* loadenv.mod*
ohci.mod* setpci.mod*   videotest_checksum.mod*
cpio.mod*  gcry_rfc2268.mod* loopback.mod*
part_acorn.mod*   sfs.mod*  videotest.mod*
cpuid.mod* gcry_rijndael.mod*lsacpi.mod*
part_amiga.mod*   signature_test.mod*   xfs.mod*
crc64.mod* gcry_rmd160.mod*  lsefimmap.mod*
part_apple.mod*   sleep.mod*xnu.mod*
cryptodisk.mod*gcry_rsa.mod* lsefi.mod*
part_bsd.mod* 

Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:


 I rm`ed the ESP and started over.

 gummiboot boots fine again.

 I added some entries to /etc/grub.d/40_custom
 (some pointers to isos etc)

 and ran

 grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/grub_uefi/grub.cfg

 When I chose grub_uefi at boot time ... it skips again and boots via
 gummiboot (nice in the end .. but .. )

How?!


 And they say things get *easier* !!! ;-)

 # ls -RF
 .:
 e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f/  EFI/  grub/  loader/

There's no longer an 'efi' so that's good.


 ./e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f:
 3.19-rc6/

 ./e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f/3.19-rc6:
 initrd*  kernel*

 ./EFI:
 Boot/  EFI/  gummiboot/

 ./EFI/Boot:
 BOOTX64.EFI*

All OK.


 ./EFI/EFI:
 grub_uefi/

 ./EFI/EFI/grub_uefi:
 grub.cfg*  grubx64.efi*

Why two EFIs?

One of them's unnecessary but if you want to have both, you have to
have them both in the efibootmgr invocation.


 ./EFI/gummiboot:
 gummibootx64.efi*

 ./grub:
 fonts/  grubenv*  locale/  themes/  x86_64-efi/

 ./grub/fonts:
 unicode.pf2*

 ./grub/locale:
 de.mo*

 ./grub/themes:
 starfield/

 ./grub/themes/starfield:
 blob_w.png*boot_menu_nw.png*  COPYING.CC-BY-SA-3.0*

 [...]

 ./grub/x86_64-efi:
 acpi.mod*  disk.mod* geli.mod*
 macbless.mod* parttool.lst* test.mod*
 adler32.mod*   div_test.mod* gettext.mod*
 macho.mod*

 [...]

 ./loader:
 entries/  loader.conf*

 ./loader/entries:
 e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f-3.19-rc6.conf*

All OK again.


Can you create an entry for your kernel in 40_custom and test it?

Take a look at grub.cfg. I doubt that grub-mkconfig looks for a kernel
in '/boot/machine_id/kernel_version/' or that it recognizes 'kernel'
and 'initrd' as valid names for a kernel and an initramfs.



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 22:55, Tom H wrote:

 You need a 'grub.cfg' in '/boot/efi/EFI/grub_uefi'.
 
 I've deleted your email with the 'tree' output. I'm going to have to
 look it up in the archives because you shouldn't have 'efi' in your
 path if the ESP mountpoint is '/boot'.

forget the old mail.

I rm`ed the ESP and started over.

gummiboot boots fine again.

I added some entries to  /etc/grub.d/40_custom
(some pointers to isos etc)

and ran


grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/grub_uefi/grub.cfg

When I chose grub_uefi at boot time ... it skips again and boots via
gummiboot (nice in the end .. but .. )

And they say things get *easier* !!! ;-)


--


# ls -RF
.:
e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f/  EFI/  grub/  loader/

./e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f:
3.19-rc6/

./e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f/3.19-rc6:
initrd*  kernel*

./EFI:
Boot/  EFI/  gummiboot/

./EFI/Boot:
BOOTX64.EFI*

./EFI/EFI:
grub_uefi/

./EFI/EFI/grub_uefi:
grub.cfg*  grubx64.efi*

./EFI/gummiboot:
gummibootx64.efi*

./grub:
fonts/  grubenv*  locale/  themes/  x86_64-efi/

./grub/fonts:
unicode.pf2*

./grub/locale:
de.mo*

./grub/themes:
starfield/

./grub/themes/starfield:
blob_w.png*boot_menu_nw.png*  COPYING.CC-BY-SA-3.0*

[...]

./grub/x86_64-efi:
acpi.mod*  disk.mod* geli.mod*
macbless.mod* parttool.lst* test.mod*
adler32.mod*   div_test.mod* gettext.mod*
macho.mod*

[...]

./loader:
entries/  loader.conf*

./loader/entries:
e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f-3.19-rc6.conf*




Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 23:51, Tom H wrote:

 Why two EFIs?
 
 One of them's unnecessary but if you want to have both, you have to
 have them both in the efibootmgr invocation.

I don't know why.

What I did:

cd /boot
rm -fr *
gummiboot install
grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi
--bootloader-id=grub_uefi --recheck

(and maybe run kerninst to actually put a kernel and its initrd there)


The grub2-install-command was just taken from shell history.
It might be *wrong*  ... yes. At least it says it runs without errors.


When I run:

# grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi  --bootloader-id=grub_3 --recheck

Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.


 Can you create an entry for your kernel in 40_custom and test it?
 
 Take a look at grub.cfg. I doubt that grub-mkconfig looks for a kernel
 in '/boot/machine_id/kernel_version/' or that it recognizes 'kernel'
 and 'initrd' as valid names for a kernel and an initramfs.

grub2-mkconfig did not detect any kernel, yes.

That doesn't matter btw ... the reason to have grub2 in parallel is just
the feature to boot iso-files (rescue media ...).

All this additional grub2-fiddlery is basically learning how to make it
work and getting the convenience of not having to insert a CD now and then.

For daily work I am perfectly happy with gummiboot *just* booting my
kernel(s) ... which works already!

thanks, regards,
Stefan

(leaving now ... late here as mentioned)





Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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On 28.01.2015 01:36, Neil Bothwick wrote:
 On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:40:32 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 
 No need for chainloading with UEFI. Set Gummiboot as the
 default boot option and hold down Esc (or whichever key your
 motherboard uses, it would have been nice if UEFI had
 standardised that too) when booting if you want Grub instead
 
 So I would have to have grub-2.x and gummiboot installed in
 parallel? Both as UEFI-boot-entries, right?
 
 Yes. When I first tried Gummiboot, I left Grub as the default until
 I was happy with Gummiboot, then I changed the default with
 efibootmgr.


And what is your partitioning and fstab?

gummiboot wants all inside the ESP and this mounted at /boot:


# grep boot /etc/fstab
UUID=E004-1D89  /boot   vfatauto1   2


The gentoo GRUB2 wiki tells me to mount that at /boot/efi ...

And grub2 fails to install now (with or without --boot-directory):

# grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=/boot
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.

I am *sure* that I have some crap in my ESP ... from my initial
fiddling back then.

See the current tree:

boot # tree
.
├── e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f
│   ├── 3.18.3-gentoo
│   │   ├── initrd
│   │   └── kernel
│   └── 3.19-rc6
│   ├── initrd
│   └── kernel
├── efi
│   ├── boot
│   │   ├── bootx64.efi
│   │   ├── grub.cfg
│   │   └── x86_64-efi
│   │   ├── acpi.mod
│   │   ├── adler32.mod
│   │   ├── affs.mod
│   │   ├── afs.mod
│   │   ├──

[...]


│   ├── gentoo
│   │   └── grubx64.efi
│   ├── grub
│   │   ├── ascii.pf2
│   │   └── unicode.pf2
│   └── gummiboot
│   └── gummibootx64.efi
├── grub
│   └── grub
└── loader
├── entries
│   ├── e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f-3.18.3-gentoo.conf
│   ├── e55a6b6a09bd2b1c50216272545a8d1f-3.19-rc6.conf
│   └── gentoo.conf
└── loader.conf

Note: the stuff in efi/boot configured grub2 until a few days ago.

- -


And current efibootmgr:

# efibootmgr

** Warning ** : Boot000a is not EFI 1.10 compliant (lowercase hex in name)
** Warning ** : please recreate these using efibootmgr to remove this
warning.
BootCurrent: 0008
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0008,0001,0002,0009,,0005,0006,000A
Boot* Linux Boot Manager
Boot0001* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0002* USB Hard Drive
Boot0005  USB Floppy/CD
Boot0006  Hard Drive
Boot0008* UEFI: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Boot0009* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Boot000a  Unknown Device


I would appreciate any help to clean that up and get both gummiboot
and GRUB2 installed as parallel UEFI applications.

Currently gummiboot works very well!

Thanks,
Stefan

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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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This worked now :

# grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi

cleaning up the entries ... I get


# grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
efibootmgr: Could not set variable Boot0003: No space left on device
efibootmgr: Could not prepare boot variable: No space left on device
Installation finished. No error reported.

I once had that it worked after rebooting .. so I am afk for a moment.
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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 19:38, Tom H wrote:

 Try to add '--efi-directory=/boot' to your grub-install invocation
 although I wonder whether grub-mkconfig will find your kernels and
 initramfs's if they aren't in the root of '/boot'.

Thanks. Got it already -

# rm /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/dump-type0-*

# grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi
--bootloader-id=grub_uefi --recheck
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.

# efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0001
Boot* Linux Boot Manager
Boot0001* grub_uefi
Boot0003* UEFI: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Boot0004* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Boot0006* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0007* Hard Drive


So now Linux Boot Manager is gummiboot  ... and grub is grub ;)

thanks



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 01:36, Neil Bothwick wrote:
 On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:40:32 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 No need for chainloading with UEFI. Set Gummiboot as the
 default boot option and hold down Esc (or whichever key your
 motherboard uses, it would have been nice if UEFI had
 standardised that too) when booting if you want Grub instead

 So I would have to have grub-2.x and gummiboot installed in
 parallel? Both as UEFI-boot-entries, right?

 Yes. When I first tried Gummiboot, I left Grub as the default until
 I was happy with Gummiboot, then I changed the default with
 efibootmgr.

 And what is your partitioning and fstab?

 gummiboot wants all inside the ESP and this mounted at /boot:

 # grep boot /etc/fstab
 UUID=E004-1D89  /boot   vfatauto1   2

 The gentoo GRUB2 wiki tells me to mount that at /boot/efi ...

 And grub2 fails to install now (with or without --boot-directory):

 # grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=/boot
 Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
 grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.

Try to add '--efi-directory=/boot' to your grub-install invocation
although I wonder whether grub-mkconfig will find your kernels and
initramfs's if they aren't in the root of '/boot'.



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 19:44, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 So now Linux Boot Manager is gummiboot  ... and grub is grub ;)

And for the records:

renaming Linux Boot Manager to gummiboot was done by:

# efibootmgr -b -B

# efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot

nice!





Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:

 ... and if you have no need for multi-booting then the kernel efi stub is very
 simple to configure and still works reliably (with openrc and no initrd here).
 No need to install a separate boot manager.

It's not just multi-booting that might need a boot manager or a boot loader.

Using efibootmgr is OK but you then have to go to the firmware in
order to choose to boot in single-user mode or with a non-default
kernel.



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 28.01.2015 19:50, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 19:44, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 
 So now Linux Boot Manager is gummiboot  ... and grub is grub ;)
 
 And for the records:
 
 renaming Linux Boot Manager to gummiboot was done by:
 
 # efibootmgr -b -B
 
 # efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot
 
 nice!

sorry, did NOT work for me ... but the label is cosmetic.

Enough for today ... maybe I find the time to correctly place grub.cfg
tomorrow.




Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 19:50, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 On 28.01.2015 19:44, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

 So now Linux Boot Manager is gummiboot  ... and grub is grub ;)

 And for the records:

 renaming Linux Boot Manager to gummiboot was done by:

 # efibootmgr -b -B

 # efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot

 nice!

 sorry, did NOT work for me ... but the label is cosmetic.

I do

# efibootmgr -c -L gummiboot -l '\EFI\gummiboot\gummibootx64.efi'

and I have

# efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: ,0001,0002,0003
Boot* gummiboot
Boot0001* grub
Boot0002* vanilla
Boot0003* vivid
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot2003* EFI Network

vanilla = self-compiled 3.19 kernel
vivid = default Ubuntu 15.04 kernel



Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-27 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 21:21:05 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 Just wanted to share that I switched from booting via grub2 to gummiboot
 ... UEFI only now, sure.
 
 Back then it was quite a hassle to get my grub2-setup working, back then
 I had software raid and LVM and stuff ... today with my btrfs-only
 installations it was a very quick learning process.
 
 Just one boot from sysresccd to get the paths right ... on the 2nd
 machine I got it right at the first time.
 
 Removed grub already and cleaned up my setup ... nice.
 
 Additionally I adjusted my kerninst.conf (one more pointer to Canek's
 helpful tool kerninst at [1]) to write the correct loader-entries  ...
 works as well already.
 
 No actual experience with dual-booting windows or so ... but according
 to the docs that should work out as well.
 
 ..
 
 I am now into checking [2] : just curious how minimal an fstab could get.
 
 Just some recommendation ... if someone is installing gentoo onto a
 clean UEFI-system, gummiboot might be easier to use than grub2 imo.
 
 Stefan
 
 -
 
 [1] https://github.com/canek-pelaez/kerninst
 
 [2]
 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/


... and if you have no need for multi-booting then the kernel efi stub is very 
simple to configure and still works reliably (with openrc and no initrd here).  
No need to install a separate boot manager.

-- 
Regards,
Mick


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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:40:32 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

  No need for chainloading with UEFI. Set Gummiboot as the default
  boot option and hold down Esc (or whichever key your motherboard
  uses, it would have been nice if UEFI had standardised that too)
  when booting if you want Grub instead  
 
 So I would have to have grub-2.x and gummiboot installed in parallel?
 Both as UEFI-boot-entries, right?

Yes. When I first tried Gummiboot, I left Grub as the default until I was
happy with Gummiboot, then I changed the default with efibootmgr.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

What if there were no hypothetical situations?


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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:31:21 +, Mick wrote:

 On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 21:21:05 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
  Just wanted to share that I switched from booting via grub2 to
  gummiboot ... UEFI only now, sure.

I switched to Gummiboot a while ago, after Canek mentioned it I think,
and I am glad I did. I still keep GRUB around because Gummiboot cannot
boot from an ISO image so Grub stays for my sysresccd emergency boot
option.

 ... and if you have no need for multi-booting then the kernel efi stub
 is very simple to configure and still works reliably (with openrc and
 no initrd here). No need to install a separate boot manager.

It's not only for multi-booting. AFAIR you need to build the kernel
arguments into the kernel when booting like this, which means you have
only one option for each kernel. I prefer to have a No X option as well
as a desktop boot. 

Gummiboot just makes things easy without getting in the way.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

To boldly go where I surely don't belong.


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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-27 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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On 27.01.2015 23:47, Neil Bothwick wrote:
 On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:31:21 +, Mick wrote:
 
 On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 21:21:05 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
 Just wanted to share that I switched from booting via grub2 to 
 gummiboot ... UEFI only now, sure.
 
 I switched to Gummiboot a while ago, after Canek mentioned it I
 think, and I am glad I did. I still keep GRUB around because
 Gummiboot cannot boot from an ISO image so Grub stays for my
 sysresccd emergency boot option.

Yep, correct. That was *nice to have*

afaik you could chainload grub from gummiboot to do that . ? ;)

I think I get on with plugging in that usb-stick when it really is
necessary  booting from the ISO wasn't that common for me in the
last year or so.

For now I prefer the simplicity of the whole boot-environment.

 Gummiboot just makes things easy without getting in the way.

ACK!

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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:54:07 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

  I switched to Gummiboot a while ago, after Canek mentioned it I
  think, and I am glad I did. I still keep GRUB around because
  Gummiboot cannot boot from an ISO image so Grub stays for my
  sysresccd emergency boot option.  
 
 Yep, correct. That was *nice to have*
 
 afaik you could chainload grub from gummiboot to do that . ? ;)

No need for chainloading with UEFI. Set Gummiboot as the default boot
option and hold down Esc (or whichever key your motherboard uses, it
would have been nice if UEFI had standardised that too) when booting if
you want Grub instead 

 I think I get on with plugging in that usb-stick when it really is
 necessary  booting from the ISO wasn't that common for me in the
 last year or so.

Which makes it even more unlikely you'll be able to lay your hands on the
stick when you really need it :(


-- 
Neil Bothwick

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to
eat.


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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-27 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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On 28.01.2015 00:35, Neil Bothwick wrote:

 afaik you could chainload grub from gummiboot to do that . ?
 ;)
 
 No need for chainloading with UEFI. Set Gummiboot as the default
 boot option and hold down Esc (or whichever key your motherboard
 uses, it would have been nice if UEFI had standardised that too)
 when booting if you want Grub instead

So I would have to have grub-2.x and gummiboot installed in parallel?
Both as UEFI-boot-entries, right?

Maybe I look into this in the next days, sure ...

 I think I get on with plugging in that usb-stick when it really
 is necessary  booting from the ISO wasn't that common for me
 in the last year or so.
 
 Which makes it even more unlikely you'll be able to lay your hands
 on the stick when you really need it :(

;-)
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Re: [gentoo-user] grub - gummiboot: good

2015-01-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 27 January 2015 23:35:15 Neil Bothwick wrote:
 The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to
 eat.

...while gassing us with methane :-)

-- 
Rgds
Peter.