From: "Motiejus Jakštys" <desired.mta@gmail.com>
To: Vasco Dias <rafa.vasco@gmail.com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mikew@google.com
Subject: Re: Problem with efibootmgr on asus 1215b
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:06:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120315030631.GA28296@pierce> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F61537C.8030309@gmail.com>
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
Motiejus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-15 3:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-01 6:20 Problem with efibootmgr on asus 1215b Vasco Dias
2012-01-01 6:27 ` Vasco Dias
2012-01-20 11:48 ` Matt Fleming
2012-01-20 20:19 ` Mike Waychison
2012-01-21 3:26 ` Vasco Dias
2012-03-12 14:38 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-03-15 1:29 ` Motiejus Jakštys
2012-03-15 2:27 ` Vasco Dias
2012-03-15 3:06 ` Motiejus Jakštys [this message]
2012-03-15 4:23 ` Vasco Dias
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