New SSD- Boot problem

Simara · March 27, 2015, 10:02pm

Hi hi,

I’ll try to explain my problem:

Hardware
HP Envy 17’ touchsmart
Under secureBoot
16 gB RAM
Intel core i7
CG geforce 840m
)

I had install Opensuse in my laptop, an it used to work., with the possibilité to dual boot between OpenSuse and Windowswith GRUB2. The experience was great, so I decided to buy an SSD hard drive to improve my laptop.
Here are my partitions with the new Hard drive
Home (XFS nearly 400 Gb) SWAP (4gb) and Boot/EFI on the old HDD.
Root (80go) on the SSD, Ext4.

The installation runs well, until the reboot where i have a message in console like “Minimal like Bash”. (I don’t know how to get this screen again, so I can’t be more precise). I guess this screen is for make a king of bridge between the 2 hard drives… But I’m a beginner and I type Reboot, so windows start automaticly, without the choice to boot on Opensuse.

I have check The boot manager on YAST, and GRUB2-EFIwith the secureboot support is my boot program, so it seems to benormal…

For now, the only trick I have found is to go on BIOS at the beginning and choose Opensusesecureboot in device option. But it is not a real solution…So I need help to solve my problem.

Thanks!

malcolmlewis · March 28, 2015, 12:33am

On Fri 27 Mar 2015 09:06:02 PM CDT, Simara wrote:

Hi hi,

I’ll try to explain my problem:

Hardware
HP Envy 17’ touchsmart
Under secureBoot
16 gB RAM
Intel core i7
CG geforce 840m
)

I had install Opensuse in my laptop, an it used to work., with the
possibilité to dual boot between OpenSuse and Windowswith GRUB2. The
experience was great, so I decided to buy an SSD hard drive to improve
my laptop.
Here are my partitions with the new Hard drive
Home (XFS nearly 400 Gb) SWAP (4gb) and Boot/EFI on the old HDD.
Root (80go) on the SSD, Ext4.

The installation runs well, until the reboot where i have a message in
console like “Minimal like Bash”. (I don’t know how to get this screen
again, so I can’t be more precise). I guess this screen is for make a
king of bridge between the 2 hard drives… But I’m a beginner and I
type Reboot, so windows start automaticly, without the choice to boot on
Opensuse.

I have check The boot manager on YAST, and GRUB2-EFIwith the
secureboot support is my boot program, so it seems to benormal…

For now, the only trick I have found is to go on BIOS at the beginning
and choose Opensusesecureboot in device option. But it is not a real
solution…So I need help to solve my problem.

Thanks!

Hi
If you go into Your BIOS menu and boot into openSUSE, then can check if
it’s added properly, open a terminal session and switch to root user
and post back the following info;


su -
lsblk
gdisk -l /dev/sda
gdisk -l /dev/sdb
efibootmgr -v

That’s assuming sda is your new ssd and sdb is your old drive, if not
use the output from the lsblk command to identify your disks.

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Simara · March 28, 2015, 10:42am

command lines dones!

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 931,5G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   650M  0 part 
├─sda2   8:2    0   260M  0 part /boot/efi
├─sda3   8:3    0   128M  0 part 
├─sda4   8:4    0   457G  0 part 
├─sda5   8:5    0     4G  0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6   8:6    0  20,9G  0 part 
├─sda7   8:7    0 350,6G  0 part /home
└─sda8   8:8    0    40G  0 part /tmp
sdb      8:16   0 117,4G  0 disk 
├─sdb1   8:17   0  80,4G  0 part /
└─sdb2   8:18   0    15G  0 part 
sdc      8:32   1   7,6G  0 disk 
├─sdc1   8:33   1     4M  0 part 
└─sdc2   8:34   1   4,4G  0 part 
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10

Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): F4949876-F93B-48AC-8C06-B3493835A497
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 121668613 sectors (58.0 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            2048         1333247   650.0 MiB   2700  Basic data partition
   2         1333248         1865727   260.0 MiB   EF00  EFI system partition
   3         1865728         2127871   128.0 MiB   0C01  Microsoft reserved ...
   4         2127872       960596447   457.0 GiB   0700  Basic data partition
   5       960598016       969009151   4.0 GiB     0700  primary
   6      1909817344      1953513471   20.8 GiB    0700  Basic data partition
   7      1052915712      1788194695   350.6 GiB   0700  primary
   8      1788194816      1872070655   40.0 GiB    0700  primary
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # gdisk -l /dev/sdb
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10

Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sdb: 246162672 sectors, 117.4 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E270AD20-740C-4FAA-807B-A93855EFBAB8
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 246162638
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 46138541 sectors (22.0 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            2048       168554495   80.4 GiB    0700  primary
   2       168554496       200026111   15.0 GiB    0700  primary
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -v^C
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,3001,0002,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - PNY     USB 2.0 FD    ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(14,0)USB(1,0)HD(1,e00,1f80,10ce3e4f)RC
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager  HD(2,145800,82000,70104f93-4913-48b9-9578-d7e0a786e66e)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...0................
Boot0002* opensuse-secureboot   HD(2,145800,82000,70104f93-4913-48b9-9578-d7e0a786e66e)File(\EFI\opensuse\shim.efi)
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)      RC
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)      RC
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk        RC
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk        RC
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk        RC
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk        RC

malcolmlewis · March 28, 2015, 3:02pm

Hi
In the system BIOS (press F10 on boot), is there an option for a custom boot? If so add the entry;


\EFI\opensuse\shim.efi

Else we can try to set the boot order so it boots grub which also should have the windows option;


efibootmgr -o 0002,0001

Simara · March 28, 2015, 3:51pm

Hello and thanks for your help but…,

In the BIOS I can select a custom entry, like \EFI\opensuse\shim.efi, and it create a normal boot with the choice between windows and OpenSuSe. But I can’t “add” an entrey, even in the boot config panel in Bios…
So i have try the second way, and type the command ou gaves me.
After it I reboot and get a Minilike bash like console, exactly the same after I’ve installed Opensuse.
A type rebbot, and Windows is the first in the boot list again, so Windows boot automaticly when a reboot again…

I have found this website with a solution for GRUB, but I don’t understant all the content, maybe you will be better than me and explain me what I have to do…^^’’’:
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/776643-how-to-rescue-a-non-booting-grub-2-on-linux/

malcolmlewis · March 28, 2015, 4:11pm

Simara:

Hello and thanks for your help but…,

In the BIOS I can select a custom entry, like \EFI\opensuse\shim.efi, and it create a normal boot with the choice between windows and OpenSuSe. But I can’t “add” an entrey, even in the boot config panel in Bios…

So i have try the second way, and type the command ou gaves me.
After it I reboot and get a Minilike bash like console, exactly the same after I’ve installed Opensuse.
A type rebbot, and Windows is the first in the boot list again, so Windows boot automaticly when a reboot again…

I have found this website with a solution for GRUB, but I don’t understant all the content, maybe you will be better than me and explain me what I have to do…^^’’’:
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/776643-how-to-rescue-a-non-booting-grub-2-on-linux/

Hi
If you can set a custom boot entry, then you need to move it to the top of the list above OS Boot Manager entry. In the BIOS boot order, you should be able to move the entries around with + and - keys?

Simara · March 28, 2015, 6:47pm

Unfortunatly, If I can change the boot order between somes items like CD, or USB disk and OS Bootmanager, Opensuse or grub aren’t shown in the list…I thhink i’m gonna have to manually boot my laptop for ever :’(

Simara · March 28, 2015, 6:59pm

(here is a screen…I can’t edit my last message sorry for the double post)

http://hpics.li/36c3b90

gogalthorp · March 28, 2015, 8:25pm

That is not the boot order meant. The EFI boot order is what needs changed

It should show the choice of OS’s not the choice of devices

Unfortunately every EFI BIOS appears to be different so it is hard to tell you exactly how to find it

malcolmlewis · March 28, 2015, 8:30pm

Hi
Ahh ok, looks like you will need to press the F9 key then…

If your just rebooting into openSUSE then try the command;


efibootmgr -n 0002
shutdown -r now

It should then boot direct, if you still get the grub screen, then we can re-add the openSUSE entry to see if that works better;


efibootmgr -b 0002 -B 0002
efibootmgr -c -d sda -L "openSUSE Secureboot" -l "\\EFI\\opensuse\\shim,efi"

Simara · March 28, 2015, 9:56pm

With the first command line, The laptop reboot just like a charm on the good Grub interface (wich one I can choose between suse and windows). But after one more standard reboot, the windows monster came back and booted lonely!

So, i have tried the second command line and get this result:

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -b 0002 -B 0002
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -c -d sda -L "openSUSE Secureboot" -l "\\EFI\\opensuse\\shim,efi"
Could not open disk sda: No such file or directory

gogalthorp · March 29, 2015, 1:48am

Looks like you were lucky ( for some value of luck) in getting a machine that only will boot Windows. Note that the Windows entry moved back to the top.

There is a tricky work around that consists of modifying the windows section of the EFI boot partition to boot. In essence you save the contents just in case then copy the Linux files over and rename them the same as the Windows files. The EFI will see the Windows directory and execute the code which then should run grub. You can then boot Windows or Linux from grub. It all depends on how comfortable you are doing this sort of thing.

And would write a stern letter HP telling them that their hardware does not follow standards and ask how are they going to fix that. After all you bought it expecting it to follow normal standard capibilities and features. Did they advertise this as a Windows only computer? I doubt it.

It seems that some HP machines do this little trick.

malcolmlewis · March 29, 2015, 3:09am

On Sat 28 Mar 2015 09:06:01 PM CDT, Simara wrote:

With the first command line, The laptop reboot just like a charm on the
good Grub interface (wich one I can choose between suse and windows).
But after one more standard reboot, the windows monster came back and
booted lonely!

So, i have tried the second command line and get this result:

Code:

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -b 0002 -B 0002
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -c -d sda -L “openSUSE
Secureboot” -l “\EFI\opensuse\shim,efi” Could not open disk sda: No
such file or directory --------------------

Hi
Ahh it should be /dev/sda apologies…

You can set up a systemd job to set the boot next option, however the
next time you boot into windows you have to use the F9 method…

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malcolmlewis · March 29, 2015, 3:10am

On Sun 29 Mar 2015 12:56:03 AM CDT, gogalthorp wrote:

Looks like you were lucky ( for some value of luck) in getting a machine
that only will boot Windows. Note that the Windows entry moved back to
the top.

There is a tricky work around that consists of modifying the windows
section of the EFI boot partition to boot. In essence you save the
contents just in case then copy the Linux files over and rename them the
same as the Windows files. The EFI will see the Windows directory and
execute the code which then should run grub. You can then boot Windows
or Linux from grub. It all depends on how comfortable you are doing this
sort of thing.

And would write a stern letter HP telling them that their hardware does
not follow standards and ask how are they going to fix that. After all
you bought it expecting it to follow normal standard capibilities and
features. Did they advertise this as a Windows only computer? I doubt
it.

It seems that some HP machines do this little trick.

Hi
The later HP ProBooks I have work fine as the offer a custom boot
option and you can change the boot order…

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.38-44-default
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Simara · March 29, 2015, 10:58am

Hi,
I have modified the command line with /dev/sda and it created the ne entry.

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -L "openSUSE Secureboot" -l "\\EFI\\opensuse\\shim,efi"
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot0000* openSUSE Secureboot

However, when I reboot, windows start, and the new entry diseapered :s

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk

So I really think that the solution you propose in your last post is the good one. But honestly I’m a beginner and I really don’t know how to modify the boot partitions…

(In wich section is yout custom boot option in the BIOS? with F9? because because for my part I only can read and launch… Maybe HP gaves more options for the Pro Book, and not in the entertainement products, like my Laptop)

malcolmlewis · March 29, 2015, 5:16pm

Simara:

Hi,
I have modified the command line with /dev/sda and it created the ne entry.
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -L "openSUSE Secureboot" -l "\\EFI\\opensuse\\shim,efi"
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot0000* openSUSE Secureboot
However, when I reboot, windows start, and the new entry diseapered :s
linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
So I really think that the solution you propose in your last post is the good one. But honestly I’m a beginner and I really don’t know how to modify the boot partitions…

(In wich section is yout custom boot option in the BIOS? with F9? because because for my part I only can read and launch… Maybe HP gaves more options for the Pro Book, and not in the entertainement products, like my Laptop)

Hi
Pressing F9 on most HP’s leads to the ‘Boot’ menu likewise F10 for the BIOS.

Interesting your ‘BootCurrent’ is 003D which isn’t in the list…

If you boot into openSUSE and then make a change via YaST bootloader (say change the grub display time to 10 seconds and save it should re-add the entry? You can confirm via the efibootmgr command. Lets see if it comes back.

Then we can add a systemd service to set the boot next option.

Simara · March 29, 2015, 6:04pm

I have set 10 second in the boot loader. (A USB with Opensuse 13.2 is plugged). But unfirtunally Opensuse don’t appears anymore!

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - PNY     USB 2.0 FD
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk

malcolmlewis · March 29, 2015, 6:22pm

Simara:

I have set 10 second in the boot loader. (A USB with Opensuse 13.2 is plugged). But unfirtunally Opensuse don’t appears anymore!

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - PNY     USB 2.0 FD
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk

Hi
OK, run;


efibootmgr -c -L "openSUSE Secureboot" -l "\\EFI\\opensuse\\shim,efi"

Then see how that goes…

Simara · March 29, 2015, 6:30pm

It seemms that Opensuse is back in the boot list ^^, but i Didnt tried to reboot…

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -c -L "openSUSE Secureboot" -l "\\EFI\\opensuse\\shim,efi"
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - PNY     USB 2.0 FD
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot0002* openSUSE Secureboot

malcolmlewis · March 29, 2015, 6:45pm

Simara:

It seemms that Opensuse is back in the boot list ^^, but i Didnt tried to reboot…

linux-7blh:/home/loicmartel # efibootmgr -c -L "openSUSE Secureboot" -l "\\EFI\\opensuse\\shim,efi"
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0001,3001,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - PNY     USB 2.0 FD
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot0002* openSUSE Secureboot

Hi
OK, go back into YaST bootloader and set the time back to 8 seconds and reboot…