How to boot from an EUFI original or clone Linux partition

[Brian K]

brucebne wrote:

> Interesting.... does shimx64.efi as a bootloader get around BIOS 'secure boot'?
> if so, for your BIU boot menu item, where are you storing shimx64.efi? on OS
> partition or EFI/ubuntu?
>

shimx64.efi is in \EFI\ubuntu.xxx along with grubx64.efi



>I just downloaded IFL, and have made a few usb sticks.....but all of them are not booting, in either legacy or uefi mode.
>I trialled IFL some months ago and recall there was some issue with it that made me stick with IFD within BIBM.
>ANy clues on why IFL won't boot?

Which USB Layout and which Geometry Calculation Method did you use?

What error do you see when you try to boot?

Could this apply?

https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=610

You might need 64-bit IFL.

[brucebne]

hmmm....well tried to install IFL on Mint, and hit a glitch with the error message

--------------------------
Required package libncursesw5 (32-bit) not installed

ERROR: One or more required files not found
See above messages for details
----------------------------

I've got x64 so cannot see a solution.

And the two help pages for this are down.



2. Additional information on setup and creating boot media from Linux:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following tutorials are available for help with setting up IFL on a
Linux distribution, and then creating various types of boot media. This
includes installing IFL to a hard drive partition, booting IFL from a PXE
network boot, and creating custom boot media.

Setting up IFL on a Linux Distribution:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/ ... _linux.htm

How to create IFL boot media from a Linux Distribution:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/ ... a_inux.htm

[brucebne]

Brian K wrote:
>
> Which USB Layout and which Geometry Calculation Method did you use?
>
> What error do you see when you try to boot?
>
> Could this apply?
>
> https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=610
>
> You might need 64-bit IFL.

thanks...the Dell is set up default as AHCI....(the Lenovo had to be changed from RAID to AHCI to allow Linux install which I did some months ago).

re making the IFL sticks, I left the partition details on defaults. and made them in windows. I will retry again...but have to reboot into windows because I cannot get Linux working to make a usb stick or install IFL.

[Brian K]

Use this...

https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=566

The section on Mint 19.x has been recently updated and works.

[Brian K]

brucebne wrote:

> re making the IFL sticks, I left the partition details on defaults. and made them in
> windows.

Same here. Defaults.

[Brian K]

When I double click makedisk,exe in the IFL download, I choose...

Traditional - You have control over options. (Custom)
etc

[brucebne]

Brian K wrote:
> When I double click makedisk,exe in the IFL download, I choose...
>
> Traditional - You have control over options. (Custom)
> etc

I chose tradtional (default).

When I boot the stick I get a boot menu....then make a selection of the different display resolutions, the stick's light goes beserk, and then stops about 10 seconds later. and the screen is black.
Then I have to shut down manually and start.

Thanks for the updated help page. that explains pretty much all.

[Brian K]

brucebne wrote:

> When I boot the stick I get a boot menu....then make a selection of the different
> display resolutions, the stick's light goes beserk, and then stops about 10 seconds
> later. and the screen is black.
>

I guess you have tried not making a selection?

[brucebne]

Brian K wrote:
> brucebne wrote:
>
> > When I boot the stick I get a boot menu....then make a selection of the
> different
> > display resolutions, the stick's light goes beserk, and then stops about 10
> seconds
> > later. and the screen is black.
> >
>
> I guess you have tried not making a selection?

Nope.

But I've just spent the last hour or so trying to create a IFL stick.
had to download install all the x32 files into Mint, then had issues converting the usb stick from GPT to MBR cos IFL won't install on GPT.
Using gdisk chewed up about an hour.....then I noted in Gparted there was an option to change these things, and used that.
Then ran ./makeHDD and yay....finally have an IFL stick....will let you know whether it works.

[brucebne]

So.....the IFL usb stick doesn't boot...(after the installation completed successfully)....when I tried to boot, got a grub boot menu, but none of the options worked, including not choosing any.

might have a go at installing it in Mint after dinner.