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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