Re: Want to dual boot Mint and Win 8 - UEFI questions
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:00 pm
Srs5694,
When I try the command: sudo efibootmgr -o 0000,0001,3001,3000,3002,2001,2002,2003 - I get an error that says: boot entry 2003 does not exist
When I try the command: sudo mvrefind /boot/efi/EFI/refind /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot - I get an error that says: sudo: mvrefind: command not found.
I would have tried to do it from the Windows commands you gave me but i don't know if the above means there is something wrong with rEFInd in my installation or not so i thought better of trying that solution yet. I don't have any firmware updates just now.. in fact, HP released several bios updates over the last few weeks and I installed them each as I got them from the HP Support Assistant tool. Even though they verified as installing properly, they were messed up. This is what was causing me not to be able to disable Secure Boot as talked about earlier. I had to roll back the bios to factory default and reinstall all of the updates again. It was only after that was I suddenly able to disable Secure Boot and not have bios kick me out of UEFI mode.
Do you think It's o.k. for me to go ahead and try the windows commands to fix the problem or try something else?
You know reading through this thread and the give and take between you and Viking777 makes me believe UEFI is no where near ready for prime time. I love the faster hardware access but if it's so buggy it's not worth using. Interesting video on that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aq5M3Q76U
I'm amazed with your ability to work with UEFI and very much appreciate the expert help. You've got some great links on your website, love your sci-fi book section.
When I try the command: sudo efibootmgr -o 0000,0001,3001,3000,3002,2001,2002,2003 - I get an error that says: boot entry 2003 does not exist
When I try the command: sudo mvrefind /boot/efi/EFI/refind /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot - I get an error that says: sudo: mvrefind: command not found.
I would have tried to do it from the Windows commands you gave me but i don't know if the above means there is something wrong with rEFInd in my installation or not so i thought better of trying that solution yet. I don't have any firmware updates just now.. in fact, HP released several bios updates over the last few weeks and I installed them each as I got them from the HP Support Assistant tool. Even though they verified as installing properly, they were messed up. This is what was causing me not to be able to disable Secure Boot as talked about earlier. I had to roll back the bios to factory default and reinstall all of the updates again. It was only after that was I suddenly able to disable Secure Boot and not have bios kick me out of UEFI mode.
Do you think It's o.k. for me to go ahead and try the windows commands to fix the problem or try something else?
You know reading through this thread and the give and take between you and Viking777 makes me believe UEFI is no where near ready for prime time. I love the faster hardware access but if it's so buggy it's not worth using. Interesting video on that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aq5M3Q76U
I'm amazed with your ability to work with UEFI and very much appreciate the expert help. You've got some great links on your website, love your sci-fi book section.