On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 01:45:17AM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > -Saw an update for my motherboard[1]. Cool! > -Downloaded the update and applied it. > -System wouldn't boot. Cannot find a boot drive. Hard drive > is detected... but won't boot? > -Downgrade to old UEFI, play with settings. Still won't boot. > -Google. > -Find http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/installation.html > Section "Announcing the Boot Loader to the EFI" > -Boot into rescue mode on my F17 USB installer. > -Type: efibootmgr -c > -Reboot. System boots now. > > So, beware: BIOS updates are no longer an easy operation. There is a > default location for the EFI loader that Fedora is not using (but is > for USB/CD). Why is Fedora not using the default location? To play > nice with other OSes? > > [1] http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77I_DELUXE/ > -- greeting, fellow fedora users. it is good to know that this UEFI matter is coming to the fore. I've been having hassles for about two weeks. [[ I am physically disabled, a hacker for three decades, and until very recently, was using Ubuntu as my desktop and FreeBSD as my server.]] my volunteer system admin is *most* familiar with red hat and suggested I get used to fedora and centos. I got centos-6.3 installed on my server--fine. a hardware tech I hired to do wiring stuff and things I physically cannot finally bought a Dell 3010. he cautioned me about this new UEFI "feature" and left. I listened with half an ear. I'm great in hacking C, some C++, and am learning python. I can get out of my power wheelchair and do very **minimal** things under my desk. things bblew up when I tried to deinstall gnome and install kde. FWIW, yes, I was able to hit F12 on my nnew Dell quad i5. then found the thing would boot if I arrowed down and pressed at just the right place. But:: rebooting did not work. I got a warning string: something like "Cant Find Boot Sector" and then told to press any key to reboot. << censored. >> Question: will new brand new fedora CD have this "efibootmgr" or do I have to goto the rodsbooks.com url and fmess around? I'll be much obliged for any help, insights, or whatever. gary kline > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Gary Kline kline@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
