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From: "João Matos" <jaoneto@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot using UEFI
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:10:12
Message-Id: CAP4tJZJA-ygbhMp_rbG-2Bc7_u4JYyuyZEPdKQ9+Rvxx7FoeKA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot using UEFI by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 2015-06-14 11:02 GMT-03:00 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
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3
4 > Am 14.06.2015 um 15:40 schrieb João Matos:
5 >
6 > Hi list,
7 >
8 > I've bought me a ultrabook dell vostro 5470, and I'm trying to get
9 > gentoo running on it.
10 >
11 > I'm having a few problems, but I'd like to correct the boot one first.
12 >
13 > I'm installing it from ubuntu live cd, and the comand:
14 >
15 > efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/sda --part 7 --label "Gentoo" --loader
16 > "\boot\efi\boot\bootx64.efi"
17 >
18 > seems to work. It put a entry on bios - Gentoo - but when I select it,
19 > the windows start (second boot).
20 >
21 > The handbook is not that clear, so I'm not sure if I should call
22 > /dev/sda7 of "--part 7". Other difference is I'm not using a separate
23 > /boot. Its everything at /, so I'm also not not sure if this path is ok.
24 >
25 > This seems to be the very simple, and I'd like to have it on my system.
26 > But I've also tried grub2, and got the following error:
27 >
28 > "grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory."
29 >
30 > What should I do?
31 >
32 > Thank you,
33 >
34 > --
35 > João Neto
36 > Linux User #461527
37 > http://br.linkedin.com/pub/jo%C3%A3o-de-matos/7/316/552
38 >
39 >
40 > so you don't have an efi boot partition?
41 >
42 > That would be your answer.
43 >
44
45 Volker, the efi is already working for Windows. I just want to create a new
46 entry. Is it really necessary to create a new partition?
47
48
49 --
50 João Neto
51 Linux User #461527
52 http://br.linkedin.com/pub/jo%C3%A3o-de-matos/7/316/552

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