[GTALUG] UEFI shell [was: Re: New Build Computer?]

[Nicholas Krause]

On 7/28/20 3:48 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> | From: Lennart Sorensen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> 
> | You could go to the UEFI shell and try to manually boot grub and then
> | reinstall the boot loader after booting to linux.
> 
> I seem to remember that Microsoft forbids system from shipping with
> the UEFI shell.  This only applies to ones clainming Windows
> compatability, but that is all of them.
> 
> So you have to add your own UEFI shell.
> 
> Where do you recommend getting one?
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It depends on the system but for the x570 board after checking the 
manual online it seems possible using a USB drive. From memory
this was the common way to do that. Hopefully that answers Huge's
and Peter's questions about this.

Nick

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