Hi, I installed version 0.11.5 yesterday and it left only 2 entries in the bios, deleted all others: hdd, dvd, usb hdd etc ... maybe Alien was the problem, I use Mint 19.3. on a samsung ativ2 notebook. How can I do to insert them again?
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If you mean that the entries in the firmware's built-in boot manager have disappeared, then this is caused by a bug in the firmware, or possibly failing NVRAM hardware. You can use efibootmgr to see what the entries are in Linux -- type efibootmgr as root or using sudo to see them all. Adding -v (as in sudo efibootmgr -v) shows more information. If you see multiple duplicate entries (like lots of Mint or Ubuntu entries), then chances are something has added lots of duplicate entries, chewing up the NVRAM space. Deleting redundant entries might trigger the firmware to add back your removable-media entries after you reboot, or maybe not. Using your firmware's options to reset everything to the default might also help, but then you'll need to add your rEFInd entry back again, and perhaps adjust other firmware options.
If you mean that some of rEFInd's OS options have been lost, then I'm not sure what the cause is; I'd need more details on what's no longer working.
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Thanks for the quick response, it was the entries of the internal boot manager that disappeared, resetting to the default I had already done and it did not resolve. The interesting thing is that it ended up not updating the refind to 11.5, it continued at 11.3. I used efibootmgr and there were really duplicate entries, the first one I deleted came back to the USB HDD boot options, the second duplicate entry I deleted disappeared all over again and I tried to reset the default again and ended up making a mistake, I didn't turn off the secure boot and Refind doesn't boot anymore, only the Endless OS is left, which is all blocked and limited, I'm trying efibootmgr to see if I'm lucky, it seems that nothing else can be done because samsung doesn't provide firmware or information if there is a reset jumper on the motherboard. But thank you very much for your help, Refind is excellent! Thx
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I've lost count of how many times Refind saved my boot, I just have to thank you. I am new to Linux and for about 8 months I have been experimenting with various distributions, something difficult this multiboot. I followed your Refind instructions on secure boot and recovered the boot through Refind and accessed the other systems. :). The disappearance of nvram entries was even secondary. Grateful for everything!
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Got the same problem. After the last update (refind (0.12.0-0ppa1) over (0.11.5-0ppa1), Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS) all items within the main screen have gone.
$ sudo refind-mkdefault
rEFInd is already the first entry
No changes saved.
$
Hawran, the efibootmgr output you show clearly indicates that the EFI's boot entries are all still present and rEFInd is still set as the default. If it's not booting, then something odd is going on.
If you mean that rEFInd's screen is showing no entries, then that's an entirely different problem. I suggest you start a different thread on the issue, and include the output of ls -R /boot/efi && ls /boot. As an interim solution, dropping back to rEFInd 0.11.5 may be necessary.
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Hi, I installed version 0.11.5 yesterday and it left only 2 entries in the bios, deleted all others: hdd, dvd, usb hdd etc ... maybe Alien was the problem, I use Mint 19.3. on a samsung ativ2 notebook. How can I do to insert them again?
If you mean that the entries in the firmware's built-in boot manager have disappeared, then this is caused by a bug in the firmware, or possibly failing NVRAM hardware. You can use
efibootmgrto see what the entries are in Linux -- typeefibootmgrasrootor usingsudoto see them all. Adding-v(as insudo efibootmgr -v) shows more information. If you see multiple duplicate entries (like lots of Mint or Ubuntu entries), then chances are something has added lots of duplicate entries, chewing up the NVRAM space. Deleting redundant entries might trigger the firmware to add back your removable-media entries after you reboot, or maybe not. Using your firmware's options to reset everything to the default might also help, but then you'll need to add your rEFInd entry back again, and perhaps adjust other firmware options.If you mean that some of rEFInd's OS options have been lost, then I'm not sure what the cause is; I'd need more details on what's no longer working.
Thanks for the quick response, it was the entries of the internal boot manager that disappeared, resetting to the default I had already done and it did not resolve. The interesting thing is that it ended up not updating the refind to 11.5, it continued at 11.3. I used efibootmgr and there were really duplicate entries, the first one I deleted came back to the USB HDD boot options, the second duplicate entry I deleted disappeared all over again and I tried to reset the default again and ended up making a mistake, I didn't turn off the secure boot and Refind doesn't boot anymore, only the Endless OS is left, which is all blocked and limited, I'm trying efibootmgr to see if I'm lucky, it seems that nothing else can be done because samsung doesn't provide firmware or information if there is a reset jumper on the motherboard. But thank you very much for your help, Refind is excellent! Thx
I've lost count of how many times Refind saved my boot, I just have to thank you. I am new to Linux and for about 8 months I have been experimenting with various distributions, something difficult this multiboot. I followed your Refind instructions on secure boot and recovered the boot through Refind and accessed the other systems. :). The disappearance of nvram entries was even secondary. Grateful for everything!
Got the same problem. After the last update (
refind (0.12.0-0ppa1) over (0.11.5-0ppa1),Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS) all items within the main screen have gone.Last edit: hawran diskuse 2020-03-14
Hawran, the
efibootmgroutput you show clearly indicates that the EFI's boot entries are all still present and rEFInd is still set as the default. If it's not booting, then something odd is going on.If you mean that rEFInd's screen is showing no entries, then that's an entirely different problem. I suggest you start a different thread on the issue, and include the output of
ls -R /boot/efi && ls /boot. As an interim solution, dropping back to rEFInd 0.11.5 may be necessary.DONE