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Chili0_
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:10 am    Post subject: How to add usb boot entry with efibootmgr? Reply with quote

I have a Mac min(late 2012) installed Gentoo with kernel stub.
but, now I found it is can only boot from hard disk but not usb.
so I want to add a entry to usb, seems no documents about just add a usb entry.

Code:

mini /usr/src/linux # efibootmgr -v[quote]
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0000
Boot0000* Gentoo        HD(1,GPT,ed6ad4fa-5f43-4c26-935c-1e5710e864d5,0x28,0x64000)/File(\efi\boot\bzimage.efi)


with usb: /dev/sdc

Code:

(parted) print devices
/dev/sda (500GB)  --> data disk
/dev/sdb (250GB)  --> SSD Gentoo OS
/dev/sdc (15.6GB) --> usb stick bootable with efi livedvd


Thx.
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joanandk
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What happens with
Code:
efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdc -p 1 -L "USB" -l "\efi\boot\bzimage.efi"


where the Bootloader or EFI-Stubbed-Kernel is in "/dev/sdc1/efi/boot/bzimage.efi"?

BR
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P.Kosunen
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Press and hold the Option (⌥) key immediately upon hearing the startup chime.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/14/how-to-start-up-mac-from-bootable-media/

After this, check what efibootmgr says.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Mac mini ignore the "option" key, directly start from my /dev/sdb1, the kernel stub efi I compiled when power on.

It seems efi firmware have a problem.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#osx
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235624/cant-make-refind-show-boot-menu-again

Is rEFInd an option?
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