/ # gdisk -l /dev/sda GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.0 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Disk /dev/sda: 976773168 sectors, 465.8 GiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 757FFCA9-0B35-4AC3-BA77-B935FBBC57C9 Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 976773134 Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries Total free space is 4029 sectors (2.0 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 1026047 500.0 MiB EF00 EFI system partition 2 1026048 1107967 40.0 MiB FFFF Basic data partition 3 1107968 1370111 128.0 MiB 0C01 Microsoft reserved ... 4 1370112 2906111 750.0 MiB 2700 Basic data partition 5 2906112 127477759 59.4 GiB 0700 Basic data partition 6 961155072 976771119 7.4 GiB 2700 Microsoft recovery ... 7 127477760 227518463 47.7 GiB 8300 8 227518464 247998463 9.8 GiB 8300 9 247998464 961155071 340.1 GiB 0700 2015-06-14 11:25 GMT-03:00 Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>: > On Sunday 14 Jun 2015 15:09:33 João Matos wrote: > > 2015-06-14 11:02 GMT-03:00 Volker Armin Hemmann > > <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> > > > > > Am 14.06.2015 um 15:40 schrieb João Matos: > > > Hi list, > > > > > > I've bought me a ultrabook dell vostro 5470, and I'm trying to get > > > > > > gentoo running on it. > > > > > > I'm having a few problems, but I'd like to correct the boot one first. > > > > > > I'm installing it from ubuntu live cd, and the comand: > > > > > > efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/sda --part 7 --label "Gentoo" --loader > > > > > > "\boot\efi\boot\bootx64.efi" > > > > > > seems to work. It put a entry on bios - Gentoo - but when I select it, > > > > > > the windows start (second boot). > > > > > > The handbook is not that clear, so I'm not sure if I should call > > > > > > /dev/sda7 of "--part 7". Other difference is I'm not using a separate > > > /boot. Its everything at /, so I'm also not not sure if this path is > ok. > > > > > > This seems to be the very simple, and I'd like to have it on my > system. > > > > > > But I've also tried grub2, and got the following error: > > > "grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory." > > > > > > What should I do? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > -- > > > João Neto > > > > > > Linux User #461527 > > > http://br.linkedin.com/pub/jo%C3%A3o-de-matos/7/316/552 > > > > > > > > > so you don't have an efi boot partition? > > > > > > That would be your answer. > > > > Volker, the efi is already working for Windows. I just want to create a > new > > entry. Is it really necessary to create a new partition? > > Can you please tell us what this shows: > > gdisk -l /dev/sda > > or > > fdisk -l > > assuming that /dev/sda is your drive. > > If you are multibooting then gummiboot would be advisable, but GRUB will > work > too. > > -- > Regards, > Mick > -- João Neto Linux User #461527 http://br.linkedin.com/pub/jo%C3%A3o-de-matos/7/316/552