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On 10/11/20 7:37 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: |
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> If you followed the handbook /dev/sda2 would be where the boot record lives. |
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I don't think so, but the terminology is certainly confusing. Peter |
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asked where efibootmgr writes something. What is on /dev/sda2 could be |
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grub.cfg if it were mounted at /boot, and the grub booting stub (I |
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forget the correct name, but grubx64.efi) might be on /dev/sda2 if it |
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were mounted at /boot/EFI. However, efibootmgr doesn't mess with either |
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of those. It deals with what is stored in the UEFI boot firmware. That |
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entry, which is read by the UEFI at boot time, runs the entry in the EFI |
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disk partition (usually under /boot/EFI), which then runs the kernel |
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(and possibly initramfs) in /boot. Unfortunately, "boot record" is |
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probably too general a term. |
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Jack |
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> On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, peter@××××××××××××.uk wrote: |
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>> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 19:21:49 |
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>> From: peter@××××××××××××.uk |
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>> Reply-To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>> Subject: [gentoo-user] UEFI booting again |
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>> I'm still wrestling with my system and its not booting. |
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>> Can anyone please tell me precisely where 'efibootmgr -c ...' writes a boot record, or whatever it's called? My machine seems unable to store what I give it, and I suspect that the BIOS ROM has failed. Big expense if so. |
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>> TiA. |
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