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Is it necessary to disable Fast Boot in Windows to dual boot with linux(EFISTUB)?
Disabling the BIOS-level Fast Boot feature is only necessary to get enough time to access BIOS/UEFI boot menus, as @kemotep mentioned in question comments.
If you're using rEFInd as your boot menu, ...
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How do I hide the rEFInd boot text?
Yes, the relevant option is use_graphics_for. From the docs for that option:
# Launch specified OSes in graphics mode. By default, rEFInd switches
# to text mode and displays basic pre-launch ...
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Is it necessary to disable Fast Boot in Windows to dual boot with linux(EFISTUB)?
I recommend disabling fast startup. It is not just the ability to mount Windows drives that might be an issue. Windows may also leave the hardware in a partly initialized state, or a state appropriate ...
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How to get rid of duplicate entries in rEFInd?
The solution is to prevent rEFInd to scan for bootloaders automatically, and to only keep the manually defined entry menus.
In refind.conf, uncomment and modify the following line:
scanfor external,...
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How to edit default boot cmdline options on rEFInd?
Find the rEFInd configuration file(s):
find /boot/efi -name 'refind*.conf'
You might find one or two files: refind.conf and possibly also refind_linux.conf. If the latter exists, the default boot ...
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rEFInd loads with blank screen (logo only, no options to boot from)
I'm asking this question to get the solution on a more "mainstream" and google-able result vs. the plethora of forum/reddit/mailing list incantations of this question. The arch linux wiki ...
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How to install rEFInd for DIY multiboot USB
On a removable disk, it would be best to copy/rename the bootloader (refind.efi) as /tmp/usbboot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi (using pathnames as in quixotic's instructions). This is a special filename that ...
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How to install rEFInd for DIY multiboot USB
An EFI System Partition is simply a FAT32-formatted partition (with the ESP boot flag set on GPT partition tables). Some UEFI systems will happily load bootloaders from a FAT32 partition on a ...
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“no root device specified. Boot arguments must include a root= parameter” after installing rEFInd on windows 10 / pop os dual boot
Well, I feel a bit dumb, but I have an answer to my own question. rEFInd shows all partitions it can find by default, and I was selecting the Pop OS /boot partition, rather than the root partition.
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What does (any) Windows do to EFI partition during an update (in general)?
Does it wipe EFI partition?
It does not.
Does it remove non-Windows stuff from EFI partition?
Negative.
Maybe something else?
It may or may not overwrite EFI/Boot/BOOTX64.EFI - but that normally ...
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how to change kernel boot parameters in systemd or refind
Open refind_linux.conf on /boot
Add the kernel boot parameter you want, for instance:
"Boot with standard options" "root=UUID=bc31044c-8911-481d-8729-xxx ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ...
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Dual boot setup with LUKS and rEFInd: Can't Restore Backup to Second Partition
The problem was a failing hard drive, with bad (repairable) sectors where this partition was.
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How can I delete a rEFInd boot entry?
Note that it says "Boot EFI\GRUB\grubx64.efi from 196 MiB FAT volume".
That most likely refers to your ESP partition, which is typically mounted as /boot/efi in Debian. So the full path as ...
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How to remove the "Booting OS" header after selecting an OS in rEFInd?
You can find an appropriate option to disable this in this table found in rEFInd documentation (here) : the use_graphics_for option, when set to osx,linux in refind.conf instead of the default osx ...
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How to set the resolution in text consoles using Nvidia proprietary driver, without using GRUB
Googling I found tty resolution (nvidia, PSA-ish?) : archlinux.
The setting use_graphics_for linux in /etc/refind.d/refind.conf does indeed give a native resolution.
The issue is that it hides ...
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Executing grub-install failed on Linux Mint 19.2, can't install rEFInd
Okay, here's what I did.
Booted from the GRUB menu, pressed e, replaced quiet splash with nomodeset instead of putting it next to it.
Booted successfully. When I went to install, I had a previous ...
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How to boot by default to Debian Buster
Per the rEFInd Documentation, the default_selection option is used to set the default operating system to boot.
Sets the default boot OS based on the loader's title, which appears in the main menu ...
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Error when trying to boot my Linux using an USB and rEFInd
I clicked the wrong option. I clicked the far left option instead of the one in the middle. I advise anyone that's doing this to not follow the Kali Linux guide on their website because it's wrong and ...
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nomodeset doesn't fix black screen on startup
With the limited information you've shared thus far, I can think of two likely means to improve the situation, ideally being implemented in tandem. That particular iMac vintage was fairly memorable ...
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CentOS uEFI boot fails mounting correct drive: "/sysroot does not seem to be an os tree"
It took me most of the day, but I came upon the following that worked for me:
genisoimage -U -r -v -T -J -joliet-long -V "CentOS 7 x86_64" -volset "CentOS 7 x86_64" -A "CentOS 7 x86_64" -b isolinux/...
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Boot loader icon uses incorrect theme
The files /.VolumeIcon.icns and /.VolumeIcon.png on the partition with elementary OS are overwriting the theme icon. You need to rename or remove those files to get it working.
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