-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 05/02/2014 02:09 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > Thank you for the several comments. > > I don't see any smaller boot menu button. And this ultrabook has no CD > drive. I was able to boot the Arch iso, and install right up to the Boot > Manager step. If I could boot straight into that partition from a USB > drive, that would be great. > > Several times I have stumbled into nooks and crannies, where, for example, > that USB flash drive booted right up. > > This is on my agenda, in the near future. RIght now I'm reading up on > these multiple issues. > > Alan > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Mark Lee <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 05/02/2014 12:17 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote: >>>> I am boot the arch May 1 2014 iso off of a usb flash drive. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Doug Newgard <scimmia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2014-05-01 20:18, Mark Lee wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Salutations, >>>>>> >>>>>> If you set up your efistub correctly, you will be able to boot Arch or >>>>>> Windows using the Uefi boot manager, same system as how you get the >>>>>> option to boot off a USB stick. UEFI removes the needs for boot >>>>>> managers. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Man k >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> Sent: 5/1/2014 9:09 PM >>>>>> To: "General Discussion about Arch Linux" <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Installing Archlinux alongside Ubuntu on >>>>>> aWindows8 UEFI laptop >>>>>> >>>>>> I have never seen an option to boot the Arch iso using eufi boot. >>>>>> >>>>>> I may not have said that I want to dual boot. I do need to do so. If > I >>>>>> boot directly back into Arch, will there be an option do dual boot? >>>>>> (Actually triple boot for the time being.) >>>>>> >>>>>> Alan Davis >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Mark Lee <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Salutations, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Okay. Try starting ove again. Boot into the arch iso using uefi boot >>>>>>> (preferably but not necessary). Then set up your partitions (root, > home). >>>>>>> For boot, mount the windows EFI system partition as /boot. Then > install >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> system. You won't need to install grub or gummiboot since you can boot >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> efistub directly. I would create a folder in /boot named "arch". I > would >>>>>>> then copy the *.img from /boot to /boot/arch and rename the > vmlinuz-Linux >>>>>>> to vmlinuz-linux.efi. If you booted into uefi mode from the Arch iso, > you >>>>>>> should be able to run efibootmgr. Run efibootmgr to see what entries > you >>>>>>> have (you should at least have the windows entry). Then type something >>>>>>> like >>>>>>> this : efibootmgr -d <efi disk id ( probably /dev/sda) -p <parition # >>>>>>> (probably 1> -L "Arch Linux UEFI" -l /arch/vmlinux-Linux.efi -u >>>>>>> "root=<location of root> initramfs=/arch/initramfs.img rw quiet" -w. > You >>>>>>> should be able to reboot if all went well and you will boot into Arch >>>>>>> Linux. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>>>> Sent: 5/1/2014 8:07 PM >>>>>>> To: "General Discussion about Arch Linux" <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Installing Archlinux alongside Ubuntu on a >>>>>>> Windows8 UEFI laptop >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't understand what is the entry, or fallback entry, or "run the >>>>>>> entry." I'm sorry. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm going to try again later. In fact, I may take the undesireable > step >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> installing from Manjaro or whatever is the shortcut way to install > Arch >>>>>>> Linux these days. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On the one hand, I don't care to learn about what's Micro$oft's latest >>>>>>> tortuous trick it has played on the users; and on the other hand, I do >>>>>>> value to learn the nuts and bolts of GNU/Linux. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you very much. I am willing to give it one more try. I might > even >>>>>>> try to install grub in a partition, as apparently is what Ubuntu has >>>>>>> done. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you again, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Alan Davis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 01/05/14 07:40 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: >>>>>>>>> I took a chance, and nothing happened. I installed gummiboot on >>>>>>> /boot, >>>>>>>>> where the kernel was. But I didn't move the ubuntu kernel over. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In the end, Windows still booted, and I was able to get back to a >>>>>>> boot >>>>>>>> menu >>>>>>>>> from there, and boot ubuntu. Not Arch. Yet. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you for now. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Alan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You need to explicitly run the entry (if you had the EFI stuff > mounted) >>>>>>>> or the fallback entry (if you didn't). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> Would you stop breaking the thread? This is the third time you've broken >>>>> this thread alone. >>>>> >>>>> Not to mention top posting, but I'm not sure if there's a policy on that >>>>> here. >>>>> > > Salutations, > > The last time I checked, I had issues with booting UEFI Arch Linux iso > off a usb stick. Try a cd if you can. > > Regards, > Mark >> Salutations, If you can install grub on a usb stick point and write an entry for Arch Linux in grub that'd work. Meanwhile, do you have an external usb cd/dvd drive? You could try using that if you do. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlNj360ACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/a6qgD9Hj3I672rM4rvTyFQpPXDaziW 93te0TD0GYUNXILVCYYA/3ew4bB+OopDHHnGFR1v8B+WnR+Mb7EjNtA31pCN4mlo =WPDt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
