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Greenfreedom10: /* Models featuring UEFI */ Add ThinkPad W530

2023-09-05T06:02:13Z

‎Models featuring UEFI: Add ThinkPad W530

2021-10-15T09:47:45Z

P14s: UEFI

2011-09-17T19:33:15Z

spelling correction

2011-06-06T01:09:21Z

‎Enabling UEFI boot in Debian

2011-06-06T01:07:45Z

‎Enabling UEFI boot in Debian

2011-06-05T18:37:41Z

‎Enabling UEFI boot in Debian

2011-06-05T18:36:56Z

‎Enabling UEFI boot in Debian

2011-06-05T18:35:54Z

‎Enabling UEFI boot in Debian

2011-06-05T18:35:20Z

‎Enabling UEFI boot in Debian

2011-06-01T08:47:43Z

‎Enabling UEFI boot in Debian

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 == Models featuring UEFI ==
 * ThinkPad {{P14s}}
 == Links ==
 *[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting UEFI Ubuntu Community Documentation]
 *[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface UEFI on Arch Wiki]

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 #This should have created /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi. In order to make this actually work without running efibootmgr (which is not possible in bios mode), just copy it to /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi<br><tt>sudo mkdir /boot/efi/efi/boot/</tt><br><tt>sudo cp /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi</tt>
 #Reboot, enter the Thinkvantage menu and set "UEFI only" or "UEFI First". Hopefully you still get a grub menu and it will actually boot the 3.0 kernel. Older kernels appear to freeze with a blank screen as soon as grub loads them.
 == Links ==
 *[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting UEFI Ubuntu Community Documentation]
 *[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface UEFI on Arch Wiki]

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 <div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
 === UEFI Firmware ===
-UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a modernized replacement to BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). The specification is maintained by the collaborative non-profit UEFI Forum. UEFI is supported by both recent versions of both Linux and Windows. UEFI firmware with legacy BIOS support has started appearing on Sandybrige (220,420,520,etc.) Thinkpads. On supported machines, the firmware configuration utility (Thinkvantage->F1 on machine starup) has the option of enabling one or both UEFI/BIOS as well as providing the option to specify the order with which the machine tries to boot.
+UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a modernized replacement to BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). The specification is maintained by the collaborative non-profit UEFI Forum. UEFI is supported by both recent versions of both Linux and Windows. UEFI firmware with legacy BIOS support has started appearing on Sandybrige (220,420,520,etc.) Thinkpads. On supported machines, the firmware configuration utility (Thinkvantage->F1 on machine startup) has the option of enabling one or both UEFI/BIOS as well as providing the option to specify the order with which the machine tries to boot.
 </div>
 |}

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 #Install the efi version of grub<br> <tt>aptitude install grub-efi-amd64</tt>
 #Now run grub-install (ignore warnings about efivars)<br><tt>sudo grub-install /dev/sda<br>sudo update-grub</tt>
-#This should have created /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi. In order to make this actually work without running efibootmgr (which is not possible in bios mode), just copy it to /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi<br><tt>sudo cp /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi</tt>
+#This should have created /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi. In order to make this actually work without running efibootmgr (which is not possible in bios mode), just copy it to /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi<br><tt>sudo mkdir /boot/efi/efi/boot/</tt><br><tt>sudo cp /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi</tt>
 #Reboot, enter the Thinkvantage menu and set "UEFI only" or "UEFI First". Hopefully you still get a grub menu and it will actually boot the 3.0 kernel. Older kernels appear to freeze with a blank screen as soon as grub loads them.

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 #Install 64-bit Debian in BIOS mode to an MBR partitioned disk.
 #Install Kernel 3.0-rc1 or later. Enable CONFIG_EFI,CONFIG_FB_EFI,CONFIG_EFI_VARS,CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION.
-#Create a small ~ 200MB Partition formatted to fat32 and enable the "boot" flag. The first partition is likely a good choice, but may not be strictly required. The "boot" flag is also likely superstitious.
+#Create a small ~ 200MB Partition formatted to fat32 and enable the "boot" flag. The first partition is a good choice, but is not strictly required. The "boot" flag is also likely superstitious.
 #Burn some form of live cd that allows you access your Debian install in case something goes wrong and you are unable to boot.
 #Mount the fat32 partition at /boot/efi<br><tt>sudo mkdir /boot/efi<br>sudo mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi</tt>

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 #Create a small ~ 200MB Partition formatted to fat32 and enable the "boot" flag. The first partition is likely a good choice, but may not be strictly required. The "boot" flag is also likely superstitious.
 #Burn some form of live cd that allows you access your Debian install in case something goes wrong and you are unable to boot.
 #Install the efi version of grub<br> <tt>aptitude install grub-efi-amd64</tt>
-#This should install efi-grub into /boot/grub, but to be safe run <br><tt>sudo grub-install /dev/sda<br>sudo update-grub</tt>
+#Now run grub-install (ignore warnings about efivars)<br><tt>sudo grub-install /dev/sda<br>sudo update-grub</tt>
-#Mount the fat32 partition (a good place is /boot/efi)<br><tt>sudo mkdir /boot/efi<br>sudo mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi</tt>
+#This should have created /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi. In order to make this actually work without running efibootmgr, just copy it to /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi<br><tt>sudo cp /boot/efi/efi/debian/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi</tt>
 #Create the directories structure /boot/efi/efi/boot<br><tt>sudo mkdir -p /boot/efi/efi/boot</tt>
 #Copy the grub.efi executabe into the efi partition<br><tt>sudo cp /boot/grub/grub.efi /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi</tt>