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Installing Multiple EFI Partitions Without Disconnecting Installed Drives

Installing Multiple EFI Partitions Without Disconnecting Installed Drives Please do not move this question to SuperUser. My question relates to EFI partition manipulation, which is not inherent to Windows. Background I ran into an issue with UEFI and OS Versions, and I would like some help. By no means is this an advertisement for my …

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Failed to get releases for UEFI dbx: No releases found: Not compatible with org.freedesktop.fwupd version 1.7.9, requires >= 1.9.1

Failed to get releases for UEFI dbx: No releases found: Not compatible with org.freedesktop.fwupd version 1.7.9, requires >= 1.9.1 I run Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, and I get strange error which I seemingly am unable to solve: Failed to get releases for UEFI dbx: No releases found: Not compatible with org.freedesktop.fwupd version 1.7.9, requires …

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Install Xubuntu Core 22.04 (Jammy) on a UEFI system

Install Xubuntu Core 22.04 (Jammy) on a UEFI system How can I install a modern (Jammy) Xubuntu Core on a UEFI system? I am trying to install a "desktop virtualization" host based on Ubuntu. I have been playing with XEN (project) on Ubuntu Server and Desktop. I am not happy with the huge amount of …

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What is the difference between /mnt/boot and /boot

What is the difference between /mnt/boot and /boot I’m installing Arch Linux and going by the instructions I want to mount the EFI partition at /boot, however I see on the internet people using both /boot and /mnt/boot and I have no idea what the difference is, if any. Asked By: user107586 || Source If …

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What can I delete from UEFI boot partition?

What can I delete from UEFI boot partition? Bought a new machine, a fanless server type, and I have installed Arch Linux successfully. It boots, runs daemons, etc. The machine came with a (probably pirated) copy of Windows installed. What can I delete from the /boot directory (which is what /dev/sda1 is mounted on)? I’m …

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Grub2 is not using kernel grubby provides me. grub.cfg problem?

Grub2 is not using kernel grubby provides me. grub.cfg problem? I am using the linux surface kernel on Fedora 39, which I want to use as the default kernel GRUB2 selects on startup. It got set up as default kernel before and it worked, but then I changed GRUB config with GRUB_TIMEOUT=3 in /etc/default/grub and …

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Grub PXE boot – not looking for MAC/IP-based config

Grub PXE boot – not looking for MAC/IP-based config I am PXE-booting an Ubuntu 22.04 installation. For the grub image, I am using the one here . According to the docs: GRUB will search for its configuration files in order using the following rules where the appended value corresponds to a value on the client …

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How can I manually install a Yocto image?

How can I manually install a Yocto image? I’m having difficulties installing an image I’ve built with Yocto. In the past I’ve always used u-boot, MBR, and legacy boot. Installing Yocto meant creating boot and rootfs partitions, installing the first stage u-boot boot loader, and copying the files in /boot to the boot partition (a …

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How do I boot from an NVMe disk without bios support?

How do I boot from an NVMe disk without bios support? I have a system which I want to boot from an NVMe disk (via a PCIe riser). The system is UEFI capable, I can boot from a USB disk and install the OS (TrueNAS Scale) to the NVMe disk, and the OS shows up …

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Can't boot into Ubuntu installation

Can't boot into Ubuntu installation First of all, I’d like to say that I am a complete Linux newbie. I am trying to dual boot Linux and Windows 10. My Setup is: Ryzen 5600 Gigabyte B450M DS3H V2 (BIOS version: F64) RTX 2060 Super (Driver version: 546.29) 16GB DDR4 RAM 500GB M.2 NVMe (200GB Free) …

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Ubuntu 23.10 asking for TPM recovery key on every boot after firmware update

Ubuntu 23.10 asking for TPM recovery key on every boot after firmware update As the title says, I’m using Ubuntu 23.10 with the newly introduced TPM based FDE, i got a firmware update (for UEFI dbx) the other day so i did the update, then after reboot it asked me to enter TMP recovery keys, …

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Grub with UEFI: Local Debian doesn't boot after another installation on external SSD

Grub with UEFI: Local Debian doesn't boot after another installation on external SSD I have a ThinkPad laptop with BIOS enabling UEFI mode only (no legacy). It has both Windows and Debian12 installed as dual-boot options – selectable on start via Grub. Recently my son decided to use this laptop to install Debian on an …

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How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification – the saga continues

How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification – the saga continues The problem described in this article How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification continues to plague me and the fixes in that article do not work in my case. I hope someone here can help! I too receive the notification: Software Update …

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Unable to change UEFI boot order on Windows dual boot computer

Unable to change UEFI boot order on Windows dual boot computer I’ve just installed Ubuntu on an old Windows laptop. On boot it always boots into Windows. If I go into the UEFI boot configuration then the options are Windows, Ubuntu, and EFI.But there doesn’t seem to be any way to change the order – …

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Boot from live USB on PRO B550M-VC WIFI

Boot from live USB on PRO B550M-VC WIFI I have a fresh build based on the MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI motherboard. I’ve installed the latest BIOS and I’m trying to install Ubuntu 22.04.3 on it via live USB. I know the USB works because I’ve used it to install Ubuntu on the computer I’m typing …

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How can I boot a BIOS-mode platform on an UEFI station without CSM?

How can I boot a BIOS-mode platform on an UEFI station without CSM? Is it possible for GRUB or SuperGRUB to boot a platform like Debian on an UEFI station, without using CSM? What’s actually preventing that?;) Asked By: Jason Hunter || Source The short answer is that you can’t boot a system which needs …

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