On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:07:58 +, antlists wrote:
> > UEFI is dead simple, and you can use gdisk, which is the GPT variant
> > of fdisk. So that only leave the boot manager to learn, and if you
> > don't already know GRUB, I'd say start with something simpler.
> >
> >
> I got the impression
antlists wrote:
> On 25/12/2020 18:24, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 11:41:03 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
>>
>>> After 20 years on linux, I've been reduced to a newbie. BIOS boot,
>>> Lilo, and fdisk served me well for 2 decades. Now I'm going to have to
>>> learn UEFI, grub, and
On 25/12/2020 18:24, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 11:41:03 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
After 20 years on linux, I've been reduced to a newbie. BIOS boot,
Lilo, and fdisk served me well for 2 decades. Now I'm going to have to
learn UEFI, grub, and parted all at once. I'll start
On 12/25/2020 9:41 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 03:49:35PM -0700, Dan Egli wrote
I see your problem, I think. You don't have your ESP mounted, so
grub can't write the EFI files to it. You are likely trying to use
grub with grub-install /dev/sda. That won't work for EFI.
Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:38:13 -0600, Dale wrote:
>
>>> You can also use systemd-boot, a separate package for OpenRC users,
>>> which I have used without an initramfs. systemd-boot is very
>>> lightweight and only requires a two line config for each kernel, plus
>>> a two line
On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:38:13 -0600, Dale wrote:
> > You can also use systemd-boot, a separate package for OpenRC users,
> > which I have used without an initramfs. systemd-boot is very
> > lightweight and only requires a two line config for each kernel, plus
> > a two line general config (timeout
Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:55:23 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
>
>> One other thing, looking at the docs, it seems that refind requires
>> initrd. Am I reading it correctly? If so, I may as well go with grub.
>> Grub usually requires setting up stuff once. Initrd requires
On Friday, 25 December 2020 19:17:24 GMT Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 06:45:42PM +, Jorge Almeida wrote
>
> > Learning about UEFI: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
> > Suggestion: forget about grub; refind is the way to go (link above)
> > Also: you don't need parted; gdisk
On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:55:23 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
> One other thing, looking at the docs, it seems that refind requires
> initrd. Am I reading it correctly? If so, I may as well go with grub.
> Grub usually requires setting up stuff once. Initrd requires running
> more often.
While
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 9:01 PM Jorge Almeida wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 8:55 PM Walter Dnes wrote:
> >
>
> >
> The initrd documentation can be a bit overwhelming. Still, much better
I meant "The refind documentation", of course.
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 8:55 PM Walter Dnes wrote:
>
>
> One other thing, looking at the docs, it seems that refind requires
> initrd. Am I reading it correctly? If so, I may as well go with grub.
> Grub usually requires setting up stuff once. Initrd requires running
> more often.
>
No. I
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 07:32:42PM +, Jorge Almeida wrote
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 7:17 PM Walter Dnes wrote:
> >
>
> > Thanks for the pointers. Are there any changes I have to make in my
> > linux kernel to boot UEFI? Note; legacy BIOS boot is *NOT* an option
> > on my new Dell
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 7:17 PM Walter Dnes wrote:
>
> Thanks for the pointers. Are there any changes I have to make in my
> linux kernel to boot UEFI? Note; legacy BIOS boot is *NOT* an option
> on my new Dell XPS8940. It's UEFI boot only.
>
I'm not sure that it is really necessary for
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 06:45:42PM +, Jorge Almeida wrote
> Learning about UEFI: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
> Suggestion: forget about grub; refind is the way to go (link above)
> Also: you don't need parted; gdisk is fine if you're OK with fdisk
Thanks for the pointers. Are there
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 4:41 PM Walter Dnes wrote:
>
> After 20 years on linux, I've been reduced to a newbie. BIOS boot,
> Lilo, and fdisk served me well for 2 decades. Now I'm going to have to
> learn UEFI, grub, and parted all at once. I'll start a new thread
> tomorrow once I have my
On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 11:41:03 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
> After 20 years on linux, I've been reduced to a newbie. BIOS boot,
> Lilo, and fdisk served me well for 2 decades. Now I'm going to have to
> learn UEFI, grub, and parted all at once. I'll start a new thread
> tomorrow once I have my
On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 03:49:35PM -0700, Dan Egli wrote
> I see your problem, I think. You don't have your ESP mounted, so
> grub can't write the EFI files to it. You are likely trying to use
> grub with grub-install /dev/sda. That won't work for EFI.
>
> mkdir /boot/efi
> mount -t vfat
I see your problem, I think. You don't have your ESP mounted, so grub
can't write the EFI files to it. You are likely trying to use grub with
grub-install /dev/sda. That won't work for EFI. Try this (as root):
mkdir /boot/efi
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /boot/efi
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi
On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 05:37:01 GMT Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 04:16:46AM -, Grant Edwards wrote
>
> > Does the UEFI BIOS recognize that /dev/sda1 exists, but just isn't
> > bootable? If yes, then it should be possible to install Grub on a USB
> > key and boot a
On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 04:16:46AM -, Grant Edwards wrote
> Does the UEFI BIOS recognize that /dev/sda1 exists, but just isn't
> bootable? If yes, then it should be possible to install Grub on a USB
> key and boot a kernel on /dev/sda1. It might be simpler to just put
> the kernel and initrd
On 2020-12-23, Walter Dnes wrote:
> Situation; I have a Dell XPS8940 with that abomination known as
> UEFI, and no "legacy boot". UEFI claims there are no bootable
> partitions on the hard drive (/dev/sda). Yet it will automatically
> boot up properly from a USB key (/dev/sdb) with Gentoo
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