[GRLUG] continuing fedora installation trials and tribulations

[ebever at researchintegration.org]

I tried that earlier with one of my fedora attempts. It didn't seem to help. I
don't know if a non-uefi boot mode is even installed. I'll try it again.

Quoting Faeren Madza <faeren at faeren.com>:

> Many BIOSes I've seen allow you to set "boot mode" to 'Legacy' effectively
> turning off UEFI...
> 
> Is that an option for you?
> 
> 
> F.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM, <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> 
> > Crap!! I just spent another 3-4 hours downloading and installing openSUSE
> > 12.3
> > only to get the same result when I tried to start: "Operating system not
> > found."
> >
> > What is one supposed to do? I've been an enthusiast for Linux for about 12
> > years
> > now, but this is getting ridiculous. Why aren't things getting better
> > rather
> > than worse?
> >
> > UEFI enabled systems are 3-4 years old now. Why can't the installers
> handle
> > them?
> >
> > There don't seem to be any of the options mentioned here in either the
> > Fedora or
> > the openSUSE installation processes.
> >
> > Quoting Josh <leapole at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Might want to check and see if you need the efi kernel also. I know
> > cents has
> > > a special install disc for that
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 6:02 PM, andross at gmail.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It looks like an EFI issue, which can get quite despicable. You can
> > usually
> > > enable a default BIOS fallback mode in the EFI setup, which will let you
> > > finish a normal distro install. Then you can install and configure
> > grub2-efi,
> > > reboot the computer, and enjoy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:10 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Check your BIOS/CMOS for some sort of "protect boot sector" options -
> > > >> some systems had that as  crude defense against (windows based)
> > > >> boot-sector viruses, and block attempts to write the MBR of the hard
> > > >> drive. Obviously you need to turn these off, if you find them and
> they
> > > >> are enabled.
> > > >>
> > > >> What machine is this? Is it an OEM machine or a built one?
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:02 PM,  <ebever at researchintegration.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >> > After giving up on FedUp, I downloaded the DVD for Fedora 19 and
> > three
> > > times
> > > >> > tried to install it. The first two times at about 60% of files
> > copied
> > > it
> > > >> > croaked and left me at the Live User Screen. The third time (I went
> > > directly to
> > > >> > 'install' rather than selecting it from Live User) it finished
> > > installing etc
> > > >> > but then croaked trying to install the boot loader.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > At this point I went home and tried to install my old Fedora 17. It
> > went
> > > much
> > > >> > more quickly but has also failed at the point of trying to install
> > the
> > > boot
> > > >> > loader.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > In between I had tried to do a disk-install of Knoppix, but even
> > when I
> > > >> > formatted the disk to have the partitions that Knoppix wanted it
> > kept
> > > telling
> > > >> > me that it couldn't find the appropriate partitions to install.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > So now my nice computer, that at least was working this morning,
> > even
> > > though
> > > >> > Evo
> > > >> > was giving me grief, now has apparently been bricked.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Anyone have any ideas? I'm downloading opensuse, but as I recall it
> > > wouldn't
> > > >> > work on this computer a couple of years ago when I went to Fedora.
> > Maybe
> > > it's
> > > >> > better now.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > The fedora 17 installer created
> > > >> > sda1 210MB fat16 EFI System Partition  boot
> > > >> >     EFI (dir)
> > > >> >         redhat (dir)
> > > >> >            grub2-efi (dir)
> > > >> >               grub.efi
> > > >> >     mach_kernel
> > > >> >     System (dir)
> > > >> >          Library (dir)
> > > >> >              Core Services (dir)
> > > >> >
> > > >> > sda2 524MB ext4
> > > >> >     config 3.3.4-5...
> > > >> >     efi (dir)
> > > >> >     elf-memtest86....
> > > >> >     grub (dir)
> > > >> >     grub2 (dir)
> > > >> >     initramfs....
> > > >> >     lost+found (dir)
> > > >> >     memtest86....
> > > >> >     System.map-3.3.4-5...
> > > >> >     vinLinux-3.3.4-5
> > > >> >
> > > >> > sda3 57.3GB ext4
> > > >> >     bin (dir)
> > > >> >     boot (dir)
> > > >> >     dev (dir)
> > > >> >     ....
> > > >> >
> > > >> > sda4 5.96GB  swap
> > > >> >
> > > >> > sda5 260GB ext4
> > > >> >     lost+found
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Can I find the right bootloader files and copy them in to the right
> > > places?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks
> >
>