On 9 Sep 2021 at 8:21, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: From: "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Failure in gsetting up a UEFI USB Flash with Fedora 33?? To: "Michael D. Setzer II via users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date sent: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 08:21:23 -0400 Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > And you've ensured that UEFI has been turned off in the BIOS?...what about > switching from Compatibility to "ACHI"?....I've noticed that sometimes? that simple > switch can work wonders....just a suggestion. >From my understanding from one of the Users. They just got 140 of these new Dell 3080 machines, and they have no options for other than UEFI boot. The 3070 versions of the machines had the option to do regular boots. Could be a more complex process to enable it, but I'm sure he tried lots of things. Got a message about Lenova doing the same, but no specifics from that user. Went to Dell site, but there site seems to have no options unless you provide a code number from an actual machine?? Right now, the user is having to physically remove drives from 3080 machine, and connect them to a 3070 machine to do image, and then can put the drive back?? > > > > Cheers > > > EGO II > On 9/9/21 8:04 AM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: > I've found 6 web sites so far that had instructions on > setting up a UEFI USB flash to boot, but all have failed. > Some actually create a UEFI Flash that my test usb is > seen as being a UEFI flash, but the boot fails? > > The last one I fully documented the steps from page, but > the resulting flash doesn't even show up as an UEFI > Flash. Probable due to the failure of the grub2-install > option?? > grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI > platforms because it does not support UEFI Secure Boot. > > So, it seems it worked on some system before, but fails > with Fedora 33 at least?? Don't want to create a UEFI > Secure Boot, but just a UEFI Boot?? > > > #https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-multiboot-usb-with-linux > parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel msdos > parted -s /dev/sdb mkpart primary 1MiB 551Mib > parted -s /dev/sdb set 1 esp on > parted -s /dev/sdb set 1 boot on > mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdb1 > parted -s /dev/sdb mkpart primary 551Mib 100% > mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb2 > mkdir /media/{efi,data} > mount /dev/sdb1 /media/efi > mount /dev/sdb2 /media/data > # Installing legacy grub2 > grub2-install \ > --target=i386-pc \ > --recheck \ > --boot-directory="/media/data/boot" /dev/sdb > > # Installing grub for efi > grub2-install \ > --target=x86_64-efi \ > --recheck \ > --force \ > --removable \ > --efi-directory="/media/efi" \ > --boot-directory="/media/data/boot" > ## grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI > platforms because it does not support UEFI Secure Boot. > mkdir /media/data/boot/iso > chown 1000:1000 /media/data/boot/iso > cd /media/data/boot/iso/ > cp /home/msetzerii/g4l0.60alpha/g4l-v0.60.iso . > cd /media/data/boot/grub2 > #create grub.cfg with these lines. > #menuentry "G4L" { > # isofile="/boot/iso/g4l-v0.60.iso" > # loopback loop "${isofile}" > # linux (loop)/isolinux/bz5x13.14 iso-scan/filename="${isofile}" > root=/dev/ram0 > # initrd (loop)/isolinux/ramdisk.lzma > #} > > Have just got had email chat with Clonezilla developer to see > what they have done. Seems they gave up on trying to make a > UEFI boot, and have created a live-cd boot of a distro to get > around issue. > > Seems going from boot loaders link syslinux, grub4dos, and > regular grub2 with a 10M kernel and 30M ramdisk. > With Fedora, it would require the 2G live CD image, and then the > downloading of a number of packages that are not included on > the live-cd. So, 40M to 2000+M and a bunch of steps. > > Does anyone know of a process to make a UEFI USB Boot that > actual works using Fedora?? > > Very Frustrated... > > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
