Opened 2 years ago
Closed 2 years ago
#17897 closed bug (duplicate)
Installer does not copy EFI boot file to the EFI partition
Reported by: | 6foot3 | Owned by: | nobody |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
Component: | - General | Version: | R1/beta3 |
Keywords: | Installer EFI BOOTX64.EFI | Cc: | |
Blocked By: | #14967 | Blocking: | |
Platform: | x86-64 |
Description
I have recently installed haiku on three laptops and in each case I had to manually create a "Haiku" folder in the EFI partition and copy the BOOTX64.EFI file to it. For the most recent install the EFI folder in the EFi partition contained three folders, "BOOT", "Microsoft" and "ubuntu". Windows was installed first, then linux then Haiku and since I had not needed to look at the contents of the EFI partition before installing Haiku I didn't know if all three folders were there before I installed Haiku. I assumed that the "BOOT" folder had been copied from the Haiku installation media by the installer. On adding an entry for Haiku in the grub2 boot menu, booting Haiku. After I manually created a "Haiku" folder to the EFI partition, updated the grub2 boot menu to point to the "Haiku" folder and copied the "BOOTX64.EFI" file from the EFI partition on the installation media, Haiku booted successfully. Copying the "BOOTX64.EFI" file from the existing "BOOT" folder in the EFI partition on the hard drive resulted in an error when Haiku was selected.
The installer should create the Haiku folder in the EFI partition and copy the "BOOTX64.EFI" file to it. It might be a good idea to use a name other than "BOOTX64.EFI" for Haiku's EFI boot loader in multi boot situations.
Change History (1)
comment:1 by , 2 years ago
Blocked By: | 14967 added |
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Resolution: | → duplicate |
Status: | new → closed |