Re: EFI approach and patches
On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 12:16:37AM +0300, Mika wrote:
>
>The debian entry that was made during install broke eighter on
>windows install or Asus boot menu just wouldn't get it running. I
>wasn't sure could I use efi recovery boot selection to install grub
>again automatically? Does it work so or is it just for manual
>recovery with the system loaded as efi and using console to setup
>grub again?
It'll let you into your normal system so you can fix things, either
from a shell (if you know what you're doing) or there's an option to
re-install grub directly from the rescue mode menu.
>Anyhow I got it working now all together. Grub2-efi is loading at first and
>then I can chainload win7 bootloader. The installer and grub probe didn't
>find the win7 automatically though.
>
>Now efibootmgrs got the debian entry that was generated at install as 2 but
>it didn't work after windows install. I got it working after making a new
>entry 0000 for Uefi and installing grub again with these instructions.
>
>http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=81120
>
>The output now:
>BootCurrent: 0000
>Timeout: 3 seconds
>BootOrder: 0000,0002,0003,0005,0001
>Boot0000* Debian GNU/Linux
>Boot0001 Hard Drive
>Boot0002* debian
>Boot0003* Windows Boot Manager
>Boot0005* CD/DVD Drive
>
>I also read somewhere that I might run into trouble again when Win7 updates
>itself. So I think I will keep your efi install cd near and use it for
>recovering again if I run into trouble. :)
OK. :-)
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