Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot using UEFI

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am 14.06.2015 um 16:30 schrieb João Matos:
> / # gdisk -l /dev/sda
> GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.0
>
> Partition table scan:
>   MBR: protective
>   BSD: not present
>   APM: not present
>   GPT: present
>
> Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
> Disk /dev/sda: 976773168 sectors, 465.8 GiB
> Logical sector size: 512 bytes
> Disk identifier (GUID): 757FFCA9-0B35-4AC3-BA77-B935FBBC57C9
> Partition table holds up to 128 entries
> First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 976773134
> Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
> Total free space is 4029 sectors (2.0 MiB)
>
> Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
>    1            2048         1026047   500.0 MiB   EF00  EFI system
> partition
>    2         1026048         1107967   40.0 MiB    FFFF  Basic data
> partition
>    3         1107968         1370111   128.0 MiB   0C01  Microsoft
> reserved ...
>    4         1370112         2906111   750.0 MiB   2700  Basic data
> partition
>    5         2906112       127477759   59.4 GiB    0700  Basic data
> partition
>    6       961155072       976771119   7.4 GiB     2700  Microsoft
> recovery ...
>    7       127477760       227518463   47.7 GiB    8300
>    8       227518464       247998463   9.8 GiB     8300
>    9       247998464       961155071   340.1 GiB   0700
>
> 2015-06-14 11:25 GMT-03:00 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com
> <mailto:michaelkintzios@×××××.com>>:
>
>     On Sunday 14 Jun 2015 15:09:33 João Matos wrote:
>     > 2015-06-14 11:02 GMT-03:00 Volker Armin Hemmann
>     > <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com <mailto:volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>>
>     >
>     > >  Am 14.06.2015 um 15:40 schrieb João Matos:
>     > > Hi list,
>     > >
>     > >  I've bought me a ultrabook dell vostro 5470, and I'm trying
>     to get
>     > >
>     > > gentoo running on it.
>     > >
>     > >  I'm having a few problems, but I'd like to correct the boot
>     one first.
>     > >
>     > >  I'm installing it from ubuntu live cd, and the comand:
>     > >
>     > >  efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/sda --part 7 --label "Gentoo"
>     --loader
>     > >
>     > > "\boot\efi\boot\bootx64.efi"
>     > >
>     > >  seems to work. It put a entry on bios - Gentoo - but when I
>     select it,
>     > >
>     > > the windows start (second boot).
>     > >
>     > >  The handbook is not that clear, so I'm not sure if I should call
>     > >
>     > > /dev/sda7 of "--part 7". Other difference is I'm not using a
>     separate
>     > > /boot. Its everything at /, so I'm also not not sure if this
>     path is ok.
>     > >
>     > >  This seems to be the very simple, and I'd like to have it on
>     my system.
>     > >
>     > > But I've also tried grub2, and got the following error:
>     > >  "grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory."
>     > >
>     > >  What should I do?
>     > >
>     > >  Thank you,
>     > >
>     > >  --
>     > >  João Neto
>     > >
>     > > Linux User #461527
>     > > http://br.linkedin.com/pub/jo%C3%A3o-de-matos/7/316/552
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > so you don't have an efi boot partition?
>     > >
>     > > That would be your answer.
>     >
>     > Volker, the efi is already working for Windows. I just want to
>     create a new
>     > entry. Is it really necessary to create a new partition?
>
>     Can you please tell us what this shows:
>
>     gdisk -l /dev/sda
>
>     or
>
>     fdisk -l
>
>     assuming that /dev/sda is your drive.
>
>     If you are multibooting then gummiboot would be advisable, but
>     GRUB will work
>     too.
>
>     --
>     Regards,
>     Mick
>
>
>
>
> --
> João Neto
> Linux User #461527
> http://br.linkedin.com/pub/jo%C3%A3o-de-matos/7/316/552

you have to put your gentoo binary into that efi boot partition. And
tell efibootmgr to look there