Hi,
I tried Opensuse 13.2 with Windows 8.1 dual boot.
I quite with Opensuse because it changed 2 harddisks from mbr to gpt
and lost a lot of data.
Now I see opensuse-secureboot in my uefi 990FX Fatal1ty motherboard.
Is there a way to remove this?
In my motherboard secure boot is off.
Thanks for any help.
Bob
On Fri 10 Apr 2015 09:46:01 PM CDT, bob1324 wrote:
Hi,
I tried Opensuse 13.2 with Windows 8.1 dual boot.
I quite with Opensuse because it changed 2 harddisks from mbr to gpt
and lost a lot of data.
Now I see opensuse-secureboot in my uefi 990FX Fatal1ty motherboard.
Is there a way to remove this?
In my motherboard secure boot is off.
Thanks for any help.
Bob
Hi
Sure, as root user run;
efibotmgr
efibootmgr -b <the boot number in the list pointing to secure boot> -B <the boot number in the list pointing to secure boot>
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It is far from clear what you want to do here.
If your computer has UEFI support, but Windows 8.1 is installed in MBR mode, then that is unusual.
For installing opensuse, you should be able to boot the installer in UEFI mode (for a UEFI install), or in MBR mode (for an MBR install). Apparently, you booted the installer in UEFI mode.
It is possible to use the “gdisk” command to convert the partitioning back to MBR. Use the “r” command to get to the “recovery/transformation” menu. Then use the “?” command to list what’s available. However, this will not restore data that was lost while converting to GPT. So it might only make things worse. Note: if you try this, do it while booted from a live rescue CD or similar.
If you just want to delete the “opensuse-secureboot” entry for booting, that’s a simple command (an option to “efibootmgr”). But it won’t really do anything important.
Thanks for the help.
I wil install OpenSuse and will give it a try.
Also I will format my disks to gpt mode and reinstall windows.
Yes I was also under the impression that Win 8 would automatically as a GPT partition especially as it had it’s own hard-drive… but no… What are Microsoft playing at with their partition tool during install?? SO I also will be reinstalling but as I’m getting a new graphics card I will wait until then 
Just succeeded in removing it.
Thanks for the help.