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doomguy84

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Registered: 2018-05-09

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EFI (UEFI) boot files related

Is there a website where I can download latest versions of "bootx64.efi" and/or the latest shell ?
Are they downloadable?

schard

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Re: EFI (UEFI) boot files related

The (U)EFI shell is part of the firmware of your mainboard's (U)EFI chip.
The bootx64.efi ist just a common name for MS Windows EFI loaders and can contain any EFI loader.

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Scimmia

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Re: EFI (UEFI) boot files related

The question makes no sense. That's just the name of the default loader that the firmware looks for, it can be anything. What are you looking for exactly?

doomguy84

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Re: EFI (UEFI) boot files related

sorry about that
i mean, i made a pendrive with some tools running on (u)efi machines, like the MemTest86 UEFI version
i also want to boot to the Shell
how I get the latest version I can run on the machine?

EDIT:
but if i want to run Grub with grubx64.efi, it doesn't boot if "a" bootx64.efi file isn't into the same folder...

Last edited by doomguy84 (2019-09-04 16:00:17)

loqs

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Re: EFI (UEFI) boot files related

If you mean the UEFI shell uefi-shell-git.
Edit:
That is the point of bootx64.efi that Scimmia noted
bootx64.efi overrides efivars

Last edited by loqs (2019-09-04 16:06:54)

dif

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From: Stalowa Wola, Poland

Registered: 2009-12-22

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Re: EFI (UEFI) boot files related

There are shellx64_v1.efi and shellx64_v2.efi files in the official Arch Linux installation ISO.
The latest ISO:  archlinux-2019.09.01-x86_64.iso.
You'll find them in the /EFI folder.
Take the "v2" file, rename it to SHELLX64.EFI, and you've got your shell. If that is the shell you are after.
The bootx64.efi is located in the /EFI/boot folder of the same ISO.

Last edited by dif (2019-09-04 21:59:16)

dif

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From: Stalowa Wola, Poland

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Re: EFI (UEFI) boot files related

If by a "shell" you mean bash or something similar, perhaps you'll find these links interesting.
Archiso
Remastering the Install ISO
EFISTUB

doomguy84

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Re: EFI (UEFI) boot files related

thank you all for the replies