I'm not really sure what causes my problem. I'm trying to install openSUSE or Fedora on my second internal SSD in an encrypted LVM. I use the suggested partitions and it works except that I have to exit GRUB everytime I boot to get into rEFInd. Is there an easy way to make sure rEFInd starts up first or to disable GRUB's start? I got it working by messing around in Fedora's /boot- and /efi- (?) partitions by trial and error but that didn't work for openSUSE... And it's noobish :-D
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Anonymous
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2014-05-28
The same happens when I install without LVM and encryption. Maybe GRUB goes first because it's on disk0 while the main disk with Mac OS (WDE) and rEFInd (ESP) on it is disk1? Or is this just normal behaviour and I missed any steps?
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This example changes BootOrder from 3,0,6,1 to 0,3,6,1 -- it makes rEFInd the top item rather than ubuntu. You'll need to adjust the specific numbers for your own system, of course.
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Anonymous
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2014-06-06
Unfortunately there's no rEFInd entry on my efibootmgr.
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I'm not really sure what causes my problem. I'm trying to install openSUSE or Fedora on my second internal SSD in an encrypted LVM. I use the suggested partitions and it works except that I have to exit GRUB everytime I boot to get into rEFInd. Is there an easy way to make sure rEFInd starts up first or to disable GRUB's start? I got it working by messing around in Fedora's /boot- and /efi- (?) partitions by trial and error but that didn't work for openSUSE... And it's noobish :-D
The same happens when I install without LVM and encryption. Maybe GRUB goes first because it's on disk0 while the main disk with Mac OS (WDE) and rEFInd (ESP) on it is disk1? Or is this just normal behaviour and I missed any steps?
You should be able to get it to work by adjusting the boot order with the
efibootmgrcommand in Linux, as in:This example changes
BootOrderfrom 3,0,6,1 to 0,3,6,1 -- it makesrEFIndthe top item rather thanubuntu. You'll need to adjust the specific numbers for your own system, of course.Unfortunately there's no rEFInd entry on my efibootmgr.
Then you need to add one, as described in step #6 of the rEFInd manual installation instructions. Note that some computers have buggy EFIs that forget these settings. Sometimes another tool works better than
efibootmgr, so check thebcdeditcommand under Windows and thebcfgcommand in an EFI shell, too. If all these tools fail, you might need to resort to renaming the boot files, as noted here.