Re: UEFI searching for bootx64.efi - but debian has not created this in ESP - help please.
Hi Derrin,
On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 01:33:17PM -0000, derrin@usa.net wrote:
>
>Hi Folks – I have spent my tiny brain capacity and drawn a blank –
>probably not reviewing the correct documentation –
>
>I had managed to avoid bugging the Debian lists for about 10 years –
>having installed it successfully on various old laptops – and
>recently inside a Windows WSL.
>
>The problems come later when I find my hard ware just doesn’t have
>enough grunt for the data workloads and tools I experiment with (next
>challenge – elasticsearch et al.)
>
>So “treating” myself to a refurbed server. Still hoping to keep
>Debian as the main stay – but aiming to build a number of docker
>containers with access to ZFS 2x2TB filesystem
>
>Climbed the first step off ground zero – got the OS installed – just
>unable to launch into it because UEFI doesn’t seem to want to play
>
>Skipping to the question (back drop and detail below)
>
>UEFI searching for bootx64.efi - but debian has not created this in
>ESP - help please.Straight to the question
>
>Option 1 How do I force the UEFI Boot Option to search one of the
>above efi files actually created by the debian install when UEFI will
>only search for bootx64.efi
>
> This seems a voodoo task because during initial analysis the UEFI
>ignores looking for an instructed efi and over-rides looking for
>bootx64.efi
>
>Option2 – where can I source a bootx64.efi that UEFI will recognise
>and “make the boot up happen”, using the installed Debian 11.5
With a 2015 data on your server, it sounds like the old UEFI build
there is buggy. I've written about this in the Debian wiki, including
a workaround that should work for you:
https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path
Hope that helps!
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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