Hello,
Hope this helps.
You can use the command (the inxi package must be installed):About the exact laptop model, will check, I'm not seeing an easy way to tell and there's no label on the PC - I got it on 2016.
Code:
inxi -MaThe UEFI variables are entries in the computer's NVRAM (non-volatile RAM), and they are not in the ESP disc partition.I just tried a brand new external USB 3.0 HD (not SSD), formatted completely from scratch using GPT scheme; an UEFI boot item was added to the internal hard drive ESP and I can boot from there (yes I know about the boot options and bios, ESC + F9 / F10).
But still, even from this new installation, I cannot delete/edit with efibootmgr any items from the ESP boot options - they seem changed or deleted when I try efibootmgr -v, but they come back untouched after reboot.
Probably the SDD with the MBR partition layout is missing the boot loader. Remember that you cannot boot it on a UEFI configured machine.The SSD I was trying to use had MBR partition scheme and I cannot wipe it because I have data on some partitions.
Enabling BIOS Legacy mode I can see an option to boot from the SSD but then I get the "Disk is not bootable" error.
This is because Live ISOs use a so-called "ISO-HYBRID" partition format and, unlike HDD/SDD, they cannot be changed.How can Live CDs boot this easy and doing the same for a regular install is such a nightmare? :(
Hope this helps.
Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2024-08-17 21:15