[Novalug] Failed attempt to do a uEFI install
Stuart Gathman
stuart@gathman.org
Sun Jun 12 22:27:06 EDT 2016
I have an h8-1234 that claims to support uEFI, and a scratch 250G disk.
So I am attempting to do a uEFI install of Fedora 24 based on what we
learned Saturday. It does not boot. It is possible that the h8 lies.
# gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 488281250 sectors, 232.8 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 54732064-F2A5-4806-9A4C-2E85184660BA
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 2048, last usable sector is 488281216
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 458179713 sectors (218.5 GiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 104447 50.0 MiB EF00
2 104448 718847 300.0 MiB 8300
3 718848 720895 1024.0 KiB EF02
4 720896 30101503 14.0 GiB 8E00
[root@localhost ~]# gdisk -l /dev/sda | fpaste
Uploading (1.0KiB)...
http://paste.fedoraproject.org/378283/65777797/ ->
http://paste.fedoraproject.org/378283/65777797
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250000000000 bytes, 488281250 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 54732064-F2A5-4806-9A4C-2E85184660BA
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 104447 102400 50M EFI System
/dev/sda2 104448 718847 614400 300M Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3 718848 720895 2048 1M BIOS boot
/dev/sda4 720896 30101503 29380608 14G Linux LVM
[root@localhost ~]# parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p
Model: ATA WDC WD2500YS-18S (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: pmbr_boot
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 53.5MB 52.4MB fat16 boot, esp
2 53.5MB 368MB 315MB ext3
3 368MB 369MB 1049kB bios_grub
4 369MB 15.4GB 15.0GB lvm
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