[Solved] HP Folio 9470m and UEFI

xxdoctorhousexx · 2018-02-10 15:54:43

Hello everyone,

i am trying to install arch on my Folio 9470m. I am tryng to use Grub with UEFI.

I have have tried to follow the installation guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide and i have read the GRUB guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#UEFI.

Here's what i did for the grub part:

created a partition to mount under /boot
i created the ESP partition and tagged as EFI in gdisk, and then i formatted it with a FAT32 fs as told in the guide then mounted it in the boot directory (/boot/efi)
i created the BIOS boot partition of 1M and left that untouched
i install the grub package with
```
pacman -S grub efibootmgr
```
i install grub as suggested in the guide specifying the ESP mountpoint by doing this
```
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=esp_mount --bootloader-id=grub
```
After that i generate the configuration with
```
 grub-mkconfig -o boot/grub/grub.cfg
```

The genfstab command completes successfully and apparently all the partitions besides the BIOS boot one are displayed there correctly.
Apparently i have no errors but everytime i turn on the laptop i see the message "No bootable image found, the laptop will shutdown". Although if i choose to manually select the efi file to use for the boot it works.

My laptop has 2 hard drives, an SSD and an MSATA. I noticed that when i choose the EFI file manually the SSD is listed second.

i am at a loss as i have also tried the custom boot path which should be \EFI\grub\grubx64.efi but it appears that the laptop tried to boot from the MSATA drive first and apparently i have no ways to choose an hard drive priority on the laptop BIOS.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks a lot

Last edited by xxdoctorhousexx (2018-02-11 15:41:15)

Slithery · 2018-02-10 16:14:32

Why do you have all of those different partitions?

The easiest method is to use the EFI partition as /boot, you also don't need a grub BIOS partition (that's only needed for BIOS/MBR setups).
Also in the grub-install command did you replace esp_mount with the actual mount point?

xxdoctorhousexx · 2018-02-10 16:40:36

thank you for your prompt answer.

I have several because i usually separate the boot partition from the rest of the system, therefore i have:

swap
boot partition (768M)
ESP partition (512M as suggested)
the system partition (the rest of the disk...) for everything else
The BIOS partition because i was trying that as well to make it work

And yes, the grub installation command i use looks like:

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=grub

sorry for my lack of precision.

Since i am rather new to this type of installations, do you mean with

use the EFI partition as /boot

xxdoctorhousexx · 2018-02-10 19:12:31

Solved by updating the BIOS and setting up a custom boot path in the BIOS boot menu

the path i used was

\EFI\Grub\grubx64.efi

I haven't found a way to make it work "out of the box". I have followed the guide to the best of my abilities... i honestly do not know what i am doing wrong but i have read several other people having issues with this laptop and its UEFI.

I would like to have other inputs so i won't mark this as solved yet.

If tomorrow i do not see any other answers i will make sure to mark this as solved

thank you

FenrisLycaon · 2022-05-14 08:37:05

Where did you find the new BIOS ? I've been looking for an update.

V1del · 2022-05-14 17:01:34

Please don't necrobump 4 year old threads. Presumably on the vendors homepage.

Closing.

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#1 2018-02-10 15:54:43

[Solved] HP Folio 9470m and UEFI

#2 2018-02-10 16:14:32

Re: [Solved] HP Folio 9470m and UEFI

#3 2018-02-10 16:40:36

Re: [Solved] HP Folio 9470m and UEFI

#4 2018-02-10 19:12:31

Re: [Solved] HP Folio 9470m and UEFI

#5 2022-05-14 08:37:05

Re: [Solved] HP Folio 9470m and UEFI

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