On Dec 8, 2013, at 3:56 AM, Dave Mitchell <davem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 04:35:28PM +0000, Dave Mitchell wrote: >> I'm currently preparing to fedup an F18 system to F19, looking at these >> instructions: >> >> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Installation_Guide/ch18s02.html >> >> The bit about updating the GRUB bootloader has got gotten me confused. >> My system is a newish x86_64 laptop, with F18 as the only thing on it, >> installed from scratch (no upgrades etc). >> >> The instructions say to look in /var/log/anaconda/anaconda.program.log >> where you'll find a command similar to >> >> efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/sdX -p Y -l \EFI\redhat\grub.efi >> >> then later on, run >> >> efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/sdX -p Y -l '\EFI\fedora\grubx64.efi' -b bootnumber >> >> Now, the command I see in the anaconda log is in fact: >> >> efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/sda -p 1 -l \EFI\fedora\shim.efi >> >> This differs from the example in the docs by '-p 1' verses '-p Y' and >> 'shim.efi' verses 'grub.efi'. >> >> So, what values should I give for the -p and -l options? >> >> Also, its not entirely clear what 'bootnumber' value for the -b arg should >> be; should this the same number as used to delete the old boot entry in >> the previous step? > > No feedback so far. Anyone? The Y in the instructions, I think, is intended to be a variable because it can differ. what you want is the one with 1. However, running this command in shell compared to from anaconda, \E is still an E so you actually need to use two backslashes. efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/sda -p 1 -l \\EFI\\fedora\\shim.efi To confirm you can use efibootmgr -v Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
