refind on dual boot ubuntu 18.10 using hd and nvme pcie ssd
I have an Optiplex 7010 a few years old. I'm trying to get rEFInd to boot the nvme pcie ssd on this machine and I'm frustratingly close, I think. A simple uefi installation to the ssd doesn't work because the bios doesn't see the drive. I've flashed the latest bios and I'm familiar with the difference between uefi and legacy bios. I think a two-drive approach will work but so far this eludes me.
I've got a minimal Ubuntu system installed on the sata drive now. I've installed rEFInd and it boots just dandy. The nvme pcie ssd has Ubuntu/Budgie installed. Both drives have an EFI partition and one for root. I want rEFInd to scan for and find and offer the choice to boot the nvme pcie ssd.
I actually did this - by accident - in legacy mode using Grub. I had a dual boot setup with Windows and Ubuntu on a sata drive. I added the nvme ssd in a pcie adapter. I had no clue what I was doing but forged ahead because why not. I installed Budgie to the pcie drive in legacy bios mode using one large partition only. It wouldn't boot and I hadn't expected that it would. I ran boot-repair just to see. On reboot, grub came up and offered to boot Budgie on /dev/nvme0n1p1, among others. I said ok. Grub then complained that there was no such device as that UUID. Then it surprised me by booting it anyway just as I was about to cut the power and try something else. This is better than nothing but I don't understand why it even worked. The UEFI setup seems more straightforward and I'd like to ditch Grub. So I've switched both drives to GPT and done UEFI installs on both.
I reckon I'm close to doing this and that this two-drive/dual-boot approach is the only one that will work because of the firmware limitations. If anyone has a pointer for me, or a question, please point. Or ask.
Thanks.
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I have an Optiplex 7010 a few years old. I'm trying to get rEFInd to boot the nvme pcie ssd on this machine and I'm frustratingly close, I think. A simple uefi installation to the ssd doesn't work because the bios doesn't see the drive. I've flashed the latest bios and I'm familiar with the difference between uefi and legacy bios. I think a two-drive approach will work but so far this eludes me.
I've got a minimal Ubuntu system installed on the sata drive now. I've installed rEFInd and it boots just dandy. The nvme pcie ssd has Ubuntu/Budgie installed. Both drives have an EFI partition and one for root. I want rEFInd to scan for and find and offer the choice to boot the nvme pcie ssd.
I actually did this - by accident - in legacy mode using Grub. I had a dual boot setup with Windows and Ubuntu on a sata drive. I added the nvme ssd in a pcie adapter. I had no clue what I was doing but forged ahead because why not. I installed Budgie to the pcie drive in legacy bios mode using one large partition only. It wouldn't boot and I hadn't expected that it would. I ran boot-repair just to see. On reboot, grub came up and offered to boot Budgie on /dev/nvme0n1p1, among others. I said ok. Grub then complained that there was no such device as that UUID. Then it surprised me by booting it anyway just as I was about to cut the power and try something else. This is better than nothing but I don't understand why it even worked. The UEFI setup seems more straightforward and I'd like to ditch Grub. So I've switched both drives to GPT and done UEFI installs on both.
I reckon I'm close to doing this and that this two-drive/dual-boot approach is the only one that will work because of the firmware limitations. If anyone has a pointer for me, or a question, please point. Or ask.
Thanks.
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I have an Optiplex 7010 a few years old. I'm trying to get rEFInd to boot the nvme pcie ssd on this machine and I'm frustratingly close, I think. A simple uefi installation to the ssd doesn't work because the bios doesn't see the drive. I've flashed the latest bios and I'm familiar with the difference between uefi and legacy bios. I think a two-drive approach will work but so far this eludes me.
I've got a minimal Ubuntu system installed on the sata drive now. I've installed rEFInd and it boots just dandy. The nvme pcie ssd has Ubuntu/Budgie installed. Both drives have an EFI partition and one for root. I want rEFInd to scan for and find and offer the choice to boot the nvme pcie ssd.
I actually did this - by accident - in legacy mode using Grub. I had a dual boot setup with Windows and Ubuntu on a sata drive. I added the nvme ssd in a pcie adapter. I had no clue what I was doing but forged ahead because why not. I installed Budgie to the pcie drive in legacy bios mode using one large partition only. It wouldn't boot and I hadn't expected that it would. I ran boot-repair just to see. On reboot, grub came up and offered to boot Budgie on /dev/nvme0n1p1, among others. I said ok. Grub then complained that there was no such device as that UUID. Then it surprised me by booting it anyway just as I was about to cut the power and try something else. This is better than nothing but I don't understand why it even worked. The UEFI setup seems more straightforward and I'd like to ditch Grub. So I've switched both drives to GPT and done UEFI installs on both.
I reckon I'm close to doing this and that this two-drive/dual-boot approach is the only one that will work because of the firmware limitations. If anyone has a pointer for me, or a question, please point. Or ask.
Thanks.
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I have an Optiplex 7010 a few years old. I'm trying to get rEFInd to boot the nvme pcie ssd on this machine and I'm frustratingly close, I think. A simple uefi installation to the ssd doesn't work because the bios doesn't see the drive. I've flashed the latest bios and I'm familiar with the difference between uefi and legacy bios. I think a two-drive approach will work but so far this eludes me.
I've got a minimal Ubuntu system installed on the sata drive now. I've installed rEFInd and it boots just dandy. The nvme pcie ssd has Ubuntu/Budgie installed. Both drives have an EFI partition and one for root. I want rEFInd to scan for and find and offer the choice to boot the nvme pcie ssd.
I actually did this - by accident - in legacy mode using Grub. I had a dual boot setup with Windows and Ubuntu on a sata drive. I added the nvme ssd in a pcie adapter. I had no clue what I was doing but forged ahead because why not. I installed Budgie to the pcie drive in legacy bios mode using one large partition only. It wouldn't boot and I hadn't expected that it would. I ran boot-repair just to see. On reboot, grub came up and offered to boot Budgie on /dev/nvme0n1p1, among others. I said ok. Grub then complained that there was no such device as that UUID. Then it surprised me by booting it anyway just as I was about to cut the power and try something else. This is better than nothing but I don't understand why it even worked. The UEFI setup seems more straightforward and I'd like to ditch Grub. So I've switched both drives to GPT and done UEFI installs on both.
I reckon I'm close to doing this and that this two-drive/dual-boot approach is the only one that will work because of the firmware limitations. If anyone has a pointer for me, or a question, please point. Or ask.
Thanks.
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