Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

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

Mmmh. So it was gummitboot and not created by hand?

Anyway, as I said earlier; I think boot/bootx64.efi is the default
location, and the other one is kinda a backup.

Regards.
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Canek Peláez Valdés
Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México