I believe that the files in /dev/sdb5 are the proper boot files. Would it be as simple as moving the files from that directory to the FAT32 partition ?
On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 1:43 AM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote: > On 11/2/20 10:35 PM, linux guy wrote: > > I can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I copied an F31 install > > onto an existing F31 install on a hard drive that had Windows 10 on > > it. I did this in early 2020. Didn't keep notes. :( > > > > Now I have a hard drive that will boot Windows 10 fine, via the Windows > > 10 Boot Manager. > > > > When I go into the BIOS manager, it shows 2 boot options: Windows 10 via > > the Windows 10 Boot Manager and the hard drive device itself. > > > > If I choose Windows 10, Win 10 boots fine. :( > > If I choose the hard drive device itself, the BIOS says to insert a > > valid boot device. > > > > When I look at the hard drive with GParted, I see this: > > > > Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSATA 500 GB with: > > /dev/sdb1 ntfs Recovery (Windows) > > /dev/sdb2 fat32 EFI System Partition Has a boot flag > > /dev/sdb3 unknown type Microsoft Reserved Partition > > /dev/sdb4 ntfs Basic data partition > > /dev/sdb5 ext4 <--- this is the boot partition, has the boot stuff > > on it. Has a boot flag. > > /dev/sdb6 lvm2 pv fedora > > > > A fedora "device" which has 3 partitions: > > /dev/fedora/home ext4 the home directory > > /dev/fedora/root ext4 > > /dev/fedora/swap linuxswap > > > > I used a live USB version to facilitate the copy. I suspect that the > > live boot got installed (thus the FAT32 partition) instead of the real > > boot partition, which is /dev/sda5 right now. > > The FAT32 partition is the EFI boot partition. Did this disk ever work > with Fedora? I expect that you didn't copy the Fedora files that were > in that partition on wherever you copied it from. It's tricky to fix > that. Do you still have whatever drive you copied it from originally? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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