Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:06:33 +0000 | From | Motiejus Jakštys <> | Subject | Re: Problem with efibootmgr on asus 1215b |
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 02:27:08AM +0000, Vasco Dias wrote: > On Thu 15 Mar 2012 01:29:41 AM WET, Motiejus Jakštys wrote: > >>Somewhat late to this I know, but: > >> > >>On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:48:26AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote: > > > >Just to let you know I apparently have exactly the same issue with the same > >laptop. If it can help, I could try installing the M$ Student Edition during > >the weekend and report the results. > > > >Windows Server 2008 64-bit, fresh GPT partition table will be my lab > >environment. Standard installation procedure. > > > >I am running Ubuntu 12.04 with 3.2.0-18-generic. > > > >Motiejus > > I have to say that before installing linux i tried installing > windows right after > converting the system to gpt and after selecting the partition to > install it it > would just BSOD. > > I downloaded windows from my msdna account, converted it to boot > from the usb drive and manually selected the efi file from the drive > to launch > the windows setup. > > Sometimes it would reboot just after starting, other times it would BSOD > after selecting the partition and clicking next and yet other times > it would > start installing and then BSOD. > > After at least 20 different attemps there was just one time that > before going into BSOD that it successfuly registered the microsoft > boot program with the efi boot variables. > > All that assuming the files on the usb drive were not corrupted ;) > (it would be fun if they were)
Thanks for response, now I know what to expect. Sounds like an *alternative* way to spend a weekend.
Which version exactly did you use?
In any case, I will verify your findings.
So AFAIK there is no way to boot 64 bit linux (or even as of now - windows) without entering the UEFI shell and manually starting the UEFI loader (like [1])?
[1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1064647#p1064647
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