From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0AE4138AD6 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2015 08:48:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A1220E0921; Mon, 2 Mar 2015 08:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f48.google.com (mail-la0-f48.google.com [209.85.215.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07DF1E083D for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2015 08:48:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lams18 with SMTP id s18so28754778lam.11 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:48:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LVsRx5IiRmtCio2qUleGzLftoJjANlwwrJSN8T0iDeQ=; b=jQ23kp+Rd7RqAv/2il3rR9hLtzk7qMpcbHosAmK9NvgnJyQgPbre4A2x519BXgZoVU FkWSu/2xC7rNnCahgn/TeWJjDJRxymJnPmga2+oPQfWIYk/DBsLKrSr6NxG8Rn8diwcy pbm1or6cHacKfku8RWWVd0WEi7jZef1Wh0H/OrVP09j1XRqD2XCmC8mz6s65FTqGzfuX vAeSZZsrhx86qVR/awhNFQb0zrBrsk2+N7qWybwinUydXXh4efkowo8gxiNC8JaRLQQM ajpwYrvzjTOg8snL2ZZYcBZ4p/yeOC6L4bOMe/BtNqcVFgJxfNS66WKSop6kPNmc8e2E 9X3Q== X-Received: by 10.112.147.130 with SMTP id tk2mr10898159lbb.24.1425286089516; Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:48:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from digger ([178.71.224.210]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ln3sm2391218lac.44.2015.03.02.00.48.08 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:48:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 03:48:05 -0500 From: German To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi? Message-Id: <20150302034805.bb02d7d15dc537981d53bce2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20150302001151.51160896ba0a4853a7a4a4c4@gmail.com> <20150302030342.38245bd0077d6c186589145a@gmail.com> <20150302032706.b45f80fb55e8b4093d2ba1d9@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.2 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: caa4e5b7-95dc-406d-aba7-f4bf79fcccbb X-Archives-Hash: c942b692975b273ad58558ca07b0f07f On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:31:27 -0600 Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:27 AM, German wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600 > > Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600 > > > > Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Out of curiosity I looked into my /boot partition and found two > .efi > > > > > files. One is /boot/efi/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi and another is > > > > > /boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi. I remember I've created > > > > > /boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi during install by copying kernel image > file > > > to > > > > > it and supposedly it was for efibootmng. I think gummiboot has > created > > > its > > > > > own gummibootx64.efi. Is that safe to delete */boot/bootx64.efi? > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > They are the same image; do an md5sum of both, you'll see that th= ey > have > > > > > the same checksum. > > > > > > > > > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIO= S" > (or > > > > > whatever is called in UEFI systems) looks for an image to boot, > > > > > and gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi is just a copy. I'm not sure, but I > would > > > > > not delete it: > > > > > > > > gummiboot creates both copies of the file. > > > > > > > > Well, no, I have created */boot/bootx64.efi manually and > > > */gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi was created by gummiboot install. > > > > > > In my machines boot/bootx64.efi was created by gummiboot, and it's the > same > > > ile as gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi (same checksum). > > > > I just did md5sums and yes, gummibootx64.efi and bootx64.efi are the sa= me >=20 > Mmmh. So it was gummitboot and not created by hand? >=20 > Anyway, as I said earlier; I think boot/bootx64.efi is the default > location, and the other one is kinda a backup. I did created it by hand, but I think gummiboot overwritten the entry. Anyw= ay, thanks for clarification and I'll leave both entries. >=20 > Regards. > -- > Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s > Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias > Universidad Nacional Aut=F3noma de M=E9xico --=20 German