Arch Linux Live USB no longer booting UEFI
My Lenovo laptop is running Arch Linux with a UEFI GPT partition table. One day I powered up my laptop, but couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I used a USB stick to boot up and reinstall Arch. However after this I still couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I tried to reinstall it again using the same USB stick and ended up with two entries in my UEFI boot menu. I formatted the GUID partition to FAT32 using GPARTED live USB which deleted them. However I can no longer use my Arch UEFI USB stick to boot up. I get to the bootloader menu on the USB stick but after the timeout I get a blank screen.
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asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
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My Lenovo laptop is running Arch Linux with a UEFI GPT partition table. One day I powered up my laptop, but couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I used a USB stick to boot up and reinstall Arch. However after this I still couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I tried to reinstall it again using the same USB stick and ended up with two entries in my UEFI boot menu. I formatted the GUID partition to FAT32 using GPARTED live USB which deleted them. However I can no longer use my Arch UEFI USB stick to boot up. I get to the bootloader menu on the USB stick but after the timeout I get a blank screen.
arch-linux boot boot-loader uefi
asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
Connel
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side note: you don't have a UEFI-enabled BIOS. you either have a BIOS or you have UEFI.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:01
also, you're going to have to be way more specific. how did you reinstall Arch? two entries in which boot menu, the USB drive or the hard drive? what do you mean you formatted the GUID back to FAT? do you mean the EFI system partition?
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:03
I was under the impression that the EFI system partition was just a FAT32 partition on the HDD. I haven't had the laptop long and I've not really played about with UEFI and its confusing me haha. I'll update my question now
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 1:06
yes, it is. but I don't understand what you mean by GUID partition - you should maybe do some reading on what a GUID is.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 2:24
Sorry I meant the EFI System Partition.
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 21:33
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My Lenovo laptop is running Arch Linux with a UEFI GPT partition table. One day I powered up my laptop, but couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I used a USB stick to boot up and reinstall Arch. However after this I still couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I tried to reinstall it again using the same USB stick and ended up with two entries in my UEFI boot menu. I formatted the GUID partition to FAT32 using GPARTED live USB which deleted them. However I can no longer use my Arch UEFI USB stick to boot up. I get to the bootloader menu on the USB stick but after the timeout I get a blank screen.
arch-linux boot boot-loader uefi
asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
Connel
14216
My Lenovo laptop is running Arch Linux with a UEFI GPT partition table. One day I powered up my laptop, but couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I used a USB stick to boot up and reinstall Arch. However after this I still couldn't get passed the Lenovo boot screen. I tried to reinstall it again using the same USB stick and ended up with two entries in my UEFI boot menu. I formatted the GUID partition to FAT32 using GPARTED live USB which deleted them. However I can no longer use my Arch UEFI USB stick to boot up. I get to the bootloader menu on the USB stick but after the timeout I get a blank screen.
arch-linux boot boot-loader uefi
arch-linux boot boot-loader uefi
asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
Connel
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asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
Connel
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asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
Connel
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asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
Connel
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asked Sep 6 '13 at 0:59
Connel
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side note: you don't have a UEFI-enabled BIOS. you either have a BIOS or you have UEFI.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:01
also, you're going to have to be way more specific. how did you reinstall Arch? two entries in which boot menu, the USB drive or the hard drive? what do you mean you formatted the GUID back to FAT? do you mean the EFI system partition?
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:03
I was under the impression that the EFI system partition was just a FAT32 partition on the HDD. I haven't had the laptop long and I've not really played about with UEFI and its confusing me haha. I'll update my question now
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 1:06
yes, it is. but I don't understand what you mean by GUID partition - you should maybe do some reading on what a GUID is.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 2:24
Sorry I meant the EFI System Partition.
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 21:33
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show 4 more comments
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side note: you don't have a UEFI-enabled BIOS. you either have a BIOS or you have UEFI.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:01
also, you're going to have to be way more specific. how did you reinstall Arch? two entries in which boot menu, the USB drive or the hard drive? what do you mean you formatted the GUID back to FAT? do you mean the EFI system partition?
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:03
I was under the impression that the EFI system partition was just a FAT32 partition on the HDD. I haven't had the laptop long and I've not really played about with UEFI and its confusing me haha. I'll update my question now
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 1:06
yes, it is. but I don't understand what you mean by GUID partition - you should maybe do some reading on what a GUID is.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 2:24
Sorry I meant the EFI System Partition.
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 21:33
1
1
side note: you don't have a UEFI-enabled BIOS. you either have a BIOS or you have UEFI.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:01
side note: you don't have a UEFI-enabled BIOS. you either have a BIOS or you have UEFI.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:01
also, you're going to have to be way more specific. how did you reinstall Arch? two entries in which boot menu, the USB drive or the hard drive? what do you mean you formatted the GUID back to FAT? do you mean the EFI system partition?
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:03
also, you're going to have to be way more specific. how did you reinstall Arch? two entries in which boot menu, the USB drive or the hard drive? what do you mean you formatted the GUID back to FAT? do you mean the EFI system partition?
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:03
I was under the impression that the EFI system partition was just a FAT32 partition on the HDD. I haven't had the laptop long and I've not really played about with UEFI and its confusing me haha. I'll update my question now
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 1:06
I was under the impression that the EFI system partition was just a FAT32 partition on the HDD. I haven't had the laptop long and I've not really played about with UEFI and its confusing me haha. I'll update my question now
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 1:06
yes, it is. but I don't understand what you mean by GUID partition - you should maybe do some reading on what a GUID is.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 2:24
yes, it is. but I don't understand what you mean by GUID partition - you should maybe do some reading on what a GUID is.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 2:24
Sorry I meant the EFI System Partition.
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 21:33
Sorry I meant the EFI System Partition.
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 21:33
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Seems I have faced with same problem. My laptop Lenovo X230 did not load in UEFI mode when I used Archlinux or Manjaro installation medias (I see black screen when image started to load). I googled and found that it is happened because Arch uses gummiboot loader.
You can fix this issue with next steps:
Make the bootable flash from the installation ISO;
From the other any PC with linux install GRUB2 to the flash drive:
grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/sdc1/boot --efi-directory=/mnt/sdc1 --target=x86_64-efi --removable
I used next config for GRUB2 (/mnt/sdc1/boot/grub/grub.cfg, example for Manjaro linux):
set timeout=5
menuentry "MJRO_089" {
linux /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaroiso root=LABEL=MJRO_089 rw
initrd /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaro.img
}
This instruction also useful for Archlinux.
answered Mar 20 '14 at 6:59
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Seems I have faced with same problem. My laptop Lenovo X230 did not load in UEFI mode when I used Archlinux or Manjaro installation medias (I see black screen when image started to load). I googled and found that it is happened because Arch uses gummiboot loader.
You can fix this issue with next steps:
Make the bootable flash from the installation ISO;
From the other any PC with linux install GRUB2 to the flash drive:
grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/sdc1/boot --efi-directory=/mnt/sdc1 --target=x86_64-efi --removable
I used next config for GRUB2 (/mnt/sdc1/boot/grub/grub.cfg, example for Manjaro linux):
set timeout=5
menuentry "MJRO_089" {
linux /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaroiso root=LABEL=MJRO_089 rw
initrd /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaro.img
}
This instruction also useful for Archlinux.
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Seems I have faced with same problem. My laptop Lenovo X230 did not load in UEFI mode when I used Archlinux or Manjaro installation medias (I see black screen when image started to load). I googled and found that it is happened because Arch uses gummiboot loader.
You can fix this issue with next steps:
Make the bootable flash from the installation ISO;
From the other any PC with linux install GRUB2 to the flash drive:
grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/sdc1/boot --efi-directory=/mnt/sdc1 --target=x86_64-efi --removable
I used next config for GRUB2 (/mnt/sdc1/boot/grub/grub.cfg, example for Manjaro linux):
set timeout=5
menuentry "MJRO_089" {
linux /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaroiso root=LABEL=MJRO_089 rw
initrd /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaro.img
}
This instruction also useful for Archlinux.
answered Mar 20 '14 at 6:59
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Seems I have faced with same problem. My laptop Lenovo X230 did not load in UEFI mode when I used Archlinux or Manjaro installation medias (I see black screen when image started to load). I googled and found that it is happened because Arch uses gummiboot loader.
You can fix this issue with next steps:
Make the bootable flash from the installation ISO;
From the other any PC with linux install GRUB2 to the flash drive:
grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/sdc1/boot --efi-directory=/mnt/sdc1 --target=x86_64-efi --removable
I used next config for GRUB2 (/mnt/sdc1/boot/grub/grub.cfg, example for Manjaro linux):
set timeout=5
menuentry "MJRO_089" {
linux /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaroiso root=LABEL=MJRO_089 rw
initrd /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaro.img
}
This instruction also useful for Archlinux.
answered Mar 20 '14 at 6:59
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Seems I have faced with same problem. My laptop Lenovo X230 did not load in UEFI mode when I used Archlinux or Manjaro installation medias (I see black screen when image started to load). I googled and found that it is happened because Arch uses gummiboot loader.
You can fix this issue with next steps:
Make the bootable flash from the installation ISO;
From the other any PC with linux install GRUB2 to the flash drive:
grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/sdc1/boot --efi-directory=/mnt/sdc1 --target=x86_64-efi --removable
I used next config for GRUB2 (/mnt/sdc1/boot/grub/grub.cfg, example for Manjaro linux):
set timeout=5
menuentry "MJRO_089" {
linux /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaroiso root=LABEL=MJRO_089 rw
initrd /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaro.img
}
This instruction also useful for Archlinux.
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side note: you don't have a UEFI-enabled BIOS. you either have a BIOS or you have UEFI.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:01
also, you're going to have to be way more specific. how did you reinstall Arch? two entries in which boot menu, the USB drive or the hard drive? what do you mean you formatted the GUID back to FAT? do you mean the EFI system partition?
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 1:03
I was under the impression that the EFI system partition was just a FAT32 partition on the HDD. I haven't had the laptop long and I've not really played about with UEFI and its confusing me haha. I'll update my question now
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 1:06
yes, it is. but I don't understand what you mean by GUID partition - you should maybe do some reading on what a GUID is.
– strugee
Sep 6 '13 at 2:24
Sorry I meant the EFI System Partition.
– Connel
Sep 6 '13 at 21:33