On Saturday 28 Jan 2017 07:49:13 Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> On 28/01/17 07:27, Mick wrote:
> > On Saturday 28 Jan 2017 06:50:32 Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> >> On 28/01/17 00:25, Tom H wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >>>> I tried grub2 and dumped it for "rEFit" - ended up a lot easier and
> >>>> more robust.
> >>> 
> >>> rEFIt or rEFInd?
> >> 
> >> Sorry, yes it is rEFInd I am using.
> >> 
> >> BillK
> > 
> > Where did you install rEFInd?  In the EFI partition?  I am about to
> > install
> > gentoo on a MackBook Pro, but do not want to mess up the original 3
> > partitions installed by OSX, any more than is absolutely necessary.
> > 
> > I could start a new thread if this is hijacking the OP's, but there are
> > some parallels with boot loaders at least.  I am thinking of trying out
> > the sys- boot/systemd-boot (ex-gumiboot) instead of rEFInd.  Will it be
> > able to launch the OSX  boot64.efi?
> 
> mounted at /boot/efi
> 
> /boot
> └── efi
>     └── EFI
>         ├── Boot
>         ├── gentoo
>         ├── Microsoft
>         │   ├── Boot
>         │   │   ├── ar-SA
> snip
>         │   └── Recovery
>         ├── refind
>         │   ├── banners
>         │   ├── drivers_x64
>         │   ├── fonts
>         │   ├── icons
>         │   │   ├── licenses
>         │   │   └── svg
>         │   ├── images
>         │   ├── keys
>         │   └── tools_x64
>         └── tools
> 
> bunyip ~ # fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1
> Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: gpt
> Disk identifier: 8607528E-5D14-4725-BC44-F325B97B6736
> 
> Device             Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
> /dev/nvme0n1p1      2048    534527    532480   260M EFI System
> /dev/nvme0n1p2    534528    796671    262144   128M Microsoft reserved
> /dev/nvme0n1p3    796672 251281407 250484736 119.5G Microsoft basic data
> /dev/nvme0n1p4 496185344 500117503   3932160   1.9G Windows recovery
> environment
> /dev/nvme0n1p5 251281408 276447231  25165824    12G Linux swap
> /dev/nvme0n1p6 276447232 496185343 219738112 104.8G Linux filesystem
> 
> Partition table entries are not in disk order.
> 
> /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf
> timeout 2
> showtools shell, gdisk, memtest, mok_tool, windows_recovery, about,
> reboot, exit, firmware
> scanfor manual
> menuentry Linux-4.9.5-gentoo {
>     icon /EFI/refind/icons/os_gentoo.png
>     volume 760df07d-ec40-452f-95ee-cb47acf22069
>     loader /EFI/gentoo/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-4.9.5-gentoo.efi
>     initrd /EFI/gentoo/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-4.9.5-gentoo.img
>     options "acpi_osi=Linux i915.semaphores=1 intel_iommu=off
> pcie_port_pm=off rootdelay=15 ro
> root=UUID=fc556f9c-e9b9-4ed3-8244-94f9f1a7d4d0 dobtrfs maxcpus=1 zcache
> resume=/dev/nvme0n1p5"
> }
> menuentry Linux-4.9.4-gentoo {
>     icon /EFI/refind/icons/os_gentoo.png
>     volume 760df07d-ec40-452f-95ee-cb47acf22069
>     loader /EFI/gentoo/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-4.9.4-gentoo.efi
>     initrd /EFI/gentoo/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-4.9.4-gentoo.img
>     options "acpi_osi=Linux i915.semaphores=1 intel_iommu=off
> pcie_port_pm=off rootdelay=15 ro
> root=UUID=fc556f9c-e9b9-4ed3-8244-94f9f1a7d4d0 dobtrfs maxcpus=1 zcache
> resume=/dev/nvme0n1p5"
> }
> menuentry "Windows 10" {
>     loader \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
> }

Thanks, I may have a go installing rEFInd or systemd-boot this weekend.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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