Re: Install report with UEFI Debian CD on HP elitebook 840 G1
On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 04:05:15PM -0500, Jean Privat wrote:
>Hi,
Hi Jean,
>I just received a new laptop so naturally I installed Debian on it.
*grin* Of course!
>My steps:
>
>* on the elitebook, update the bios firmware trough the bios setup
>* on an other computer, dd the image from
>http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/efi-development/jessie-upload2/
>on a USB stick
>* the USB stick appears in the list of boot options (F9). Note that
>the computer is in pure uefi without CSM emulation
>* install Debian from the usbstick. Everything seems to be recognized
>(except wifi that need a non-free firmware)
>* on reboot, `debian` now appears on the boot options (F9)
>* in the bios setup, configure "custom boot method" with path
>"\EFI\debian\grubx64.efi". Also, change the boot order so "custom boot
>method" is the first choice
Hmmm, sounds like a BIOS/firmware bug if you need to add that custom
boot method - UEFI boot option registration should work without
that. Also: you've tried my unofficial Jessie development image - is
that because the standard images didn't work, or is this just the
first image you tried?
Cheers,
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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afraid I'll miss my stop" -- Vivek Dasmohapatra
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