EFI installation help

**ifragmustang** · 13-Oct-2010, 11:48

Hello, I am trying to install OpenSuse 11.3 x64 via EFI. I successfully performed a Windows 7 install and I'm trying to do the same thing with OpenSuse now. My system boots into the EFI shell. I can cd into the /efi/boot/ folder and run bootx64.efi. Immediately after I press enter I am presented with an ELILO boot: prompt which either eventually times out and continues or I can press enter and have it continue. Either way my system resets and just boots back to the EFI shell again.

Running bootx64.efi worked for starting the Windows 7 setup but it doesn't appear to be working with OpenSuse. Is this a broken feature or am I doing something wrong?

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Craig

**jdmcdaniel3** · 13-Oct-2010, 19:22

Sounds like you need a disk designed to load to efi structure. I found some interesting reading here for openSUSE & a different distro:

OSX EFI bootloader - InsanelyMac Forum

Linux on an Apple Xserve EFI only machine � the blog of Chris

Once you figure it out, let us know what you did. Sounds you need to create a bootable USB key, taking files from our boot disk and some files from the Windows disk. I don't know if you are running openSUSE anywhere now, but I have a script to mount ISO disks here:

mountiso - Mount any ISO file, intended to make a CD or DVD, to any Folder

I also saw a thread on making bootable USB sticks, but not for your setup, but perhaps still useful:

There now is an easy way to create OpenSUSE Live USB sticks !

Thank You,