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rEFInd does not autodetect Arch Linux system after copying to SSD

muky
2014-11-25
2014-11-26
  • muky

    muky - 2014-11-25

    I copied partitions from HDD to SSD, the exact copies in the same order. Added /EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi from SSD ESP partition to Boot menu. So I have 2 rEFInd installed, one on HDD, second - SSD.

    When I loading using rEFInd from HDD I can see Arch Linux item to load, and it's loaded correctly. There is also Windows 8 system to load - menu showing and system loaded correctly.

    When I loading using rEFInd from SSD I can't see Arch Linux item to load. But Windows 8 is presents and system loaded correctly.

    I checked that /boot directories are equival on HDD and SSD http://jpegshare.net/45/83/45831d66cbf74a0b947ea476822849ce.png.html but Arch on HDD is detected and on SDD is not.

    So rEFInd does not automatically detect Arch OS from SSD, only Windows 8 is detected automatically. Any advices?

     

    Last edit: muky 2014-11-25
  • Roderick W. Smith

    Sometimes a re-scan is necessary to bring up items from a secondary disk or partition. Hitting the Esc key will do this. To avoid having to do this every time, uncomment the scan_delay option in refind.conf and set it to whatever value is necessary. (Usually, scan_delay 1 will suffice.)

     
  • muky

    muky - 2014-11-26

    Hi Roderick, thanks for the quick reply.

    Problem is solved now. The problem's reason was that the partitions UUID were not unique, that is, partitions copies on SSD were created too exact including UUID :)

    I generated a UUID for SSD partitions and problem gone away.

     

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