Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:31:08 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: > > An update of the firmware flashes the UEFI EEPROM and as far as I have > > experienced no settings are retained. > > A backward step from older MBR / BIOS functionality then. I guess that > indicates that code and configuration are not

Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-23 Thread Adam Carter
> > > Looks like the setting gets cleared with every BIOS update. I assume this > > is due to shitty coding by the MB manufacturer and not a limitation of > UEFI. > > An update of the firmware flashes the UEFI EEPROM and as far as I have > experienced no settings are retained. A backward step

Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-23 Thread Mick
On Monday, 23 September 2019 08:43:52 BST Adam Carter wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 3:38 PM J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On 23 September 2019 07:33:44 CEST, Adam Carter > > > > wrote: > > >Follow on question; what does efibootmgr actually modify? Is it writing > > >to > > >motherboard EEPROM

Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-23 Thread Adam Carter
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 3:38 PM J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 23 September 2019 07:33:44 CEST, Adam Carter > wrote: > >Follow on question; what does efibootmgr actually modify? Is it writing > >to > >motherboard EEPROM values similar what happens when you write changes > >in > >the BIOS setup pages?

Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 23 September 2019 07:33:44 CEST, Adam Carter wrote: >Follow on question; what does efibootmgr actually modify? Is it writing >to >motherboard EEPROM values similar what happens when you write changes >in >the BIOS setup pages? >If you, does mean I may have been able to fix this issue in the

Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-22 Thread Adam Carter
Follow on question; what does efibootmgr actually modify? Is it writing to motherboard EEPROM values similar what happens when you write changes in the BIOS setup pages? If you, does mean I may have been able to fix this issue in the BIOS?

Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-22 Thread Adam Carter
On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 10:56 PM Mick wrote: > The UEFI menu will present you with a list of bootable devices. The UEFI > firmware will probe connected devices to find anything which can provide > booting (from hard drives, to USB devices, to network ports) and list > them. > Among those the

Re: [gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-22 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 22 September 2019 05:22:02 BST Adam Carter wrote: > After updating the BIOS on my motherboard, the system will no longer boot. > The NVME drive is still recognised in the BIOS and set to the the primary > boot device. However, when i originally installed the system (and assuming > I

[gentoo-user] Verify uefi installation

2019-09-21 Thread Adam Carter
After updating the BIOS on my motherboard, the system will no longer boot. The NVME drive is still recognised in the BIOS and set to the the primary boot device. However, when i originally installed the system (and assuming I remember correctly) the boot order setting in the BIOS showed something