Hi Laszlo, On 07/24/2013 08:52 PM, Ersek, Laszlo wrote: > Hi Steven, > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Steven Shiau wrote: > >> Hi Laszlo, >> On 06/16/2013 08:35 PM, Ersek, Laszlo wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013, Steven Shiau wrote: >>> >>>> On 06/16/2013 08:15 PM, Ersek, Laszlo wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The disk contents was probably restored just fine, but, in order to >>>>> automatically boot from fixed (ie. non-removable) media, you must >>>>> add a >>>>> Boot#### non-volatile UEFI variable (= a boot option) and >>>>> reference it >>>>> in the BootOrder variable. See "3.1.1 Boot Manager Programming" in >>>>> the >>>>> UEFI 2.3.1+errC specification. >>>>> >>>>> These variables are stored in system flash, and all UEFI OS >>>>> installers >>>>> (eg. Anaconda for RHEL, Fedora, CentOS) must set them. I assume >>>>> clonezilla doesn't save them in the backup image. >>> >>>> Thanks. Yes, you are right, we have to add this. >>>> Could you please provide more info about how UEFI OS installers does >>>> this? Such as the tools to set that... >>> >>> On a lower level, you would call the SetVariable() UEFI runtime >>> service. >>> >>> For the command line, I think efibootmgr / rEFIt / rEFInd are the >>> usual choices. >>> >>> http://freecode.com/projects/efibootmgr >>> http://freecode.com/projects/refit >>> http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ >>> >>> Laszlo >> Thanks for providing this info. >> We have implemented a mechanism to address this issue. You can find that >> in clonezilla-live-2.1.2-24-amd64 and >> clonezilla-live-20130723-raring-amd64. By default Clonezilla will update >> the boot entries in EFI NVRAM, and if you want to skip this action, you >> can enter expert mode, and choose "-iefi" option. >> Please test it and let us know the results. >> Thanks. > > I'm very sorry -- although I had asked some questions about clonezilla > on the list, I never ended up using it, and it's unlikely I could test > this for you. > > I kept my list subscription because the list is low traffic and > sometimes interesting even for a non-user. Since part of my day job is > related to UEFI, this thread has caught my eye; but that's all I could > do, unfortunately. > > Maybe the OP of this thread, Les Mikesell, could help with testing? > > Thanks, > Laszlo Got it. No problem. It's nice to know even you are not a Clonezilla user, but you still subscribe to this mailing list. Thanks for all the help.
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