reinstall_grub2_efi_fedora
Fedora - reinstall / fix grub2 UEFI
Some hints to fix booting your favourite OS. Tested with Fedora 25 and Windows 10.
Fedora
- Boot from live USB
- Switch to root and mount the needed filesystems:
sudo -i mkdir -p /mnt/sysimage mount /dev/fedora/root /mnt/sysimage mount --bind /dev /mnt/sysimage/dev mount --bind /run /mnt/sysimage/run mount -t devpts pts /mnt/sysimage/dev/pts mount -t proc proc /mnt/sysimage/proc mount -t sysfs sys /mnt/sysimage/sys modprobe efivarfs mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /mnt/sysimage/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
- Copy the resolv.conf to have some networking in the chroot:
mkdir -p /mnt/sysimage/var/run/NetworkManager cp /var/run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf /mnt/sysimage/var/run/NetworkManager
- Enter the chroot and mount /boot and /boot/efi filesystems:
chroot /mnt/sysimage mount /boot mount /boot/efi
- Reinstall grub2:
dnf -y reinstall grub2 grub2-efi grub2-efi-modules shim grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
- Check if entry exists in EFI menu:
efibootmgr
- Add entry if it is missing:
grep efibootmgr /var/log/anaconda/program.log 22:47:35,458 INFO program: Running... efibootmgr 22:47:35,477 INFO program: Running... efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 2 -l \EFI\fedora\shim.efi #Run the command found above: efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 2 -l '\EFI\fedora\shim.efi'
- (optional) Add another OS for example:
efibootmgr -c -w -L Windows -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 2 -l '\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi'
- (optional) Change the boot order:
efibootmgr -o 1,0
- (optional) Delete entry:
efibootmgr -b 0 -B
- (optional) Change timeout:
efibootmgr -t 2
- Unmount filesystems and reboot:
umount /boot/efi umount /boot exit umount /mnt/sysimage/sys/firmware/efi/efivars umount /mnt/sysimage/sys umount /mnt/sysimage/run umount /mnt/sysimage/proc umount /mnt/sysimage/dev/pts umount /mnt/sysimage/dev umount /mnt/sysimage reboot
Windows 10
- Modify the path for the Windows boot manager to Fedora:
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\fedora\shim.efi
- Alternatively you can use EasyUEFI to edit the entries.
reinstall_grub2_efi_fedora.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/09 15:14 by 127.0.0.1