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Efivars and Efivarfs

This post demonstrates how to use both the new efivarfs filesystem and older efivars mechanism to create, read, write and delete (U)EFI variables.

December 26th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: EFI, Fedora, Linux, UEFI | 4 comments

Problems With UEFI Shell Options

The (U)EFI Shell has been around one form or another for nearly 15 years. Recenly I looked at Shell startup options and found that the relevant code in the Shell was badly broken and could never have worked. This post details my findings and solutions.

July 11th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: C, Fedora, shell, UEFI | Leave a comment

UEFI Boot Fedora 17

In this post, I examine how to directly boot Fedora 17 from UEFI firmware. I also discuss a number of non volatile variables which the Linux kernel can create during an kernel crash.

June 1st, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Fedora, UEFI | Comments are closed

Fedora 16 GPT, GRUB2 and BIOS Boot Partition

This post discusses the requirement for a GPT BIOS Boot Partition by GRUB2 in order to boot a BIOS-based system.

October 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Fedora, GRUB, libparted, Linux, Uncategorized | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Fedora 16 MBR GRUB Legacy to GPT GRUB2

This post discusses how to upgrade your Fedora 16 system from a MBR partitioned boot disk booted using GRUB Legacy to a GPT partitioned disk booted using GRUB2.

October 12th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Fedora, GPT, GRUB, libparted, Linux, UEFI | Comments are closed