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On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:31:27 -0600 |
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Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:27 AM, German <gentgerman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600 |
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> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentgerman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600 |
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> > > > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@×××××.com> |
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> > > > > > Out of curiosity I looked into my /boot partition and found two |
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> .efi |
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> > > > > files. One is /boot/efi/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi and another is |
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> > > > > /boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi. I remember I've created |
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> > > > > /boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi during install by copying kernel image |
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> file |
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> > > to |
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> > > > > it and supposedly it was for efibootmng. I think gummiboot has |
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> created |
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> > > its |
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> > > > > own gummibootx64.efi. Is that safe to delete */boot/bootx64.efi? |
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> Thanks |
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> > > > > They are the same image; do an md5sum of both, you'll see that they |
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> have |
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> > > > > the same checksum. |
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> > > > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS" |
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> > > > > whatever is called in UEFI systems) looks for an image to boot, |
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> > > > > and gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi is just a copy. I'm not sure, but I |
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> would |
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> > > > > not delete it: |
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> > > > gummiboot creates both copies of the file. |
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> > > > Well, no, I have created */boot/bootx64.efi manually and |
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> > > */gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi was created by gummiboot install. |
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> > > In my machines boot/bootx64.efi was created by gummiboot, and it's the |
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> > > ile as gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi (same checksum). |
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> > I just did md5sums and yes, gummibootx64.efi and bootx64.efi are the same |
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> Mmmh. So it was gummitboot and not created by hand? |
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> Anyway, as I said earlier; I think boot/bootx64.efi is the default |
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> location, and the other one is kinda a backup. |
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I did created it by hand, but I think gummiboot overwritten the entry. Anyway, thanks for clarification |
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and I'll leave both entries. |
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> Regards. |
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> Canek Peláez Valdés |
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> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias |
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> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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German <gentgerman@×××××.com> |