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bug#40496: cannot install bootloader
From: |
Arne Babenhauserheide |
Subject: |
bug#40496: cannot install bootloader |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:18:49 +0200 |
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mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.1 |
Arne Babenhauserheide <address@hidden> writes:
>> I mean in the firmware boot menu. The way UEFI works is that
>> bootloaders update the firmware directly with a name, EFI System
>> Partition, and executable (most likely "/EFI/Guix/grubx64.efi").
>
> Ah, I did not know that. Thank you!
>
>> This also requires booting in "EFI mode" so that /sys/firmware/efi is
>> present. The live USB image supports EFI, but you may need to disable
>> "legacy boot" to make it boot in EFI mode.
>
> I’ll try that.
It worked. I’m still a bit unbelieving. I booted with CSM (compatibility
mode) disabled, then ran guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm and
after the next reboot I could boot without the boot f̶l̶o̶p̶p̶y̶ USB stick.
Thank you very, very much!
Now I’ll just have to figure out what I do with my new M2-spare :-)
Best wishes,
Arne
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bug#40496: cannot install bootloader, Ludovic Courtès, 2020/04/07