From c638ee8394ee9fd5d3cf13c2bacd5611e97aaf56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Philippe Ouellet Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:12:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Elaborate on setting UEFI boot partition. --- troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md b/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md index 23cb8770..659b54d2 100644 --- a/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md +++ b/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md @@ -28,7 +28,16 @@ There is some [common bug in UEFI implementation](http://xen.markmail.org/messag efibootmgr -b XXXX -B efibootmgr -v -c -u -L Qubes -l /EFI/qubes/xen.efi -d /dev/sda -p 1 "placeholder /mapbs /noexitboot" -09. Compare new entry with the old one (printed in step 6) - it should only differ in additional options at the end. +09. Compare new entry with the old one (printed in step 6) - it should only differ in additional options at the end, and look probably something like this: + + Boot0001* Qubes HD(1,GPT,partition-guid-here,0x800,0x64000)/File(\EFI\qubes\xen.efi)p.l.a.c.e.h.o.l.d.e.r. ./.m.a.p.b.s. ./.n.o.e.x.i.t.b.o.o.t. + + If instead it looks like: + + Boot0001* Qubes HD(1,0,00000000...0,0x0,0x0)/File(\EFI\qubes\xen.efi)p.l.a.c.e.h.o.l.d.e.r. ./.m.a.p.b.s. ./.n.o.e.x.i.t.b.o.o.t. + + then try passing `/dev/sda1` or `/dev/nvme0n1p1` or whatever is your EFI partition instead of `/dev/sda` and `-p 1`. + 10. Now you can reboot the system by issuing `reboot` command. **For Qubes 3.2 or later:**