[gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[German]

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

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German <gentgerman@gmail.com>

Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[Fernando Rodriguez]

On Monday, March 02, 2015 12:11:51 AM 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

It should be but the easiest certain way to find out is to move it and reboot, 
if the system doesn't boot then restore it. Also efibootmgr -v will show you 
which one you're using.

-- 
Fernando Rodriguez

Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[German]

On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:47:52 -0500
Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.developer@outlook.com> wrote:

> On Monday, March 02, 2015 12:11:51 AM 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
> 
> It should be but the easiest certain way to find out is to move it and reboot, 
> if the system doesn't boot then restore it. Also efibootmgr -v will show you 
> which one you're using.

I didn't install efibootmgr at all. I am using gummiboot.


> 
> -- 
> Fernando Rodriguez
> 


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German <gentgerman@gmail.com>

Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> 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 they have
the same checksum.

I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS" (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.

Regards.
--
Canek Peláez Valdés
Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[German]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600
Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> 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 they have
> the same checksum.
> 
> I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS" (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.

> 
> Regards.
> --
> Canek Peláez Valdés
> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


-- 
German <gentgerman@gmail.com>

Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600
> Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> 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 they have
> > the same checksum.
> >
> > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS" (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).

What does bootctl says?

Regards.
--
Canek Peláez Valdés
Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[German]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600
Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600
> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> 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 they have
> > > the same checksum.
> > >
> > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS" (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).
> 
> What does bootctl says?

bootctl: command not found. How to use bootctl?
> 
> Regards.
> --
> Canek Peláez Valdés
> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


-- 
German <gentgerman@gmail.com>

Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:18 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600
> Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600
> > > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com>
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 they
have
> > > > the same checksum.
> > > >
> > > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS"
(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).
> >
> > What does bootctl says?
>
> bootctl: command not found. How to use bootctl?

Sorry, my bad; bootctl comes with systemd. I thought it came with gummiboot.

However, "gummiboot status" shows almost the same information. In my case:

Boot Loader Binaries:
          ESP: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/b4abf4dc-abfc-45c5-b356-30db1e0b15b3
         File: └─/EFI/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi (gummiboot 45)
         File: └─/EFI/Boot/BOOTX64.EFI (gummiboot 45)

Boot Loader Entries in EFI Variables:
        Title: UEFI OS
           ID: 0x0001
       Status: active, boot-order
    Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/b4abf4dc-abfc-45c5-b356-30db1e0b15b3
         File: └─/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI

As you can see, Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is actually gummiboot.

Regards.
--
Canek Peláez Valdés
Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[German]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600
Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600
> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> 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 they have
> > > the same checksum.
> > >
> > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS" (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 same

> 
> What does bootctl says?
> 
> Regards.
> --
> Canek Peláez Valdés
> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


-- 
German <gentgerman@gmail.com>

Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:27 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600
> Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600
> > > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com>
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 they
have
> > > > the same checksum.
> > > >
> > > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS"
(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 same

Mmmh. So it was gummitboot and not created by hand?

Anyway, as I said earlier; I think boot/bootx64.efi is the default
location, and the other one is kinda a backup.

Regards.
--
Canek Peláez Valdés
Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Re: [gentoo-user] gummibootx64.efi OR bootx64.efi?

[German]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:31:27 -0600
Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:27 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:33 -0600
> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:03 AM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 01:41:19 -0600
> > > > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com>
> 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 they
> have
> > > > > the same checksum.
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe Boot/BOOTX64.EFI is the default location where the "BIOS"
> (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 same
> 
> Mmmh. So it was gummitboot and not created by hand?
> 
> 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. Anyway, thanks for clarification
and I'll leave both entries.

> 
> Regards.
> --
> Canek Peláez Valdés
> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


-- 
German <gentgerman@gmail.com>