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Support EFI that only boots Windows #11

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noryb009 opened this issue May 23, 2017 · 2 comments
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Support EFI that only boots Windows #11

noryb009 opened this issue May 23, 2017 · 2 comments
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As mentioned here, some systems only boot /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi (and perhaps even /EFI/Microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi). If a user encounters this, there should be an option in the menu (with at least one confirmation box) to install LICK to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi.

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noryb009 commented May 25, 2017

This option should:

  • Warn the user
  • Install the bootloader normally, if not already installed
  • (Start atomic operation)
  • Copy /EFI/LICK/* to /EFI/Boot/
  • Copy /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi to /EFI/Boot/bootx64-windows-backup.efi
  • Move /EFI/LICK/grubx64.efi to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi
  • Move /EFI/Microsoft to /EFI/Microsoft-backup (this step is required)
  • (End atomic operation)

Additionally, while uninstalling the bootloader, this configuration should be detected and reverted. If a partial configuration is detected, use /EFI/Microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi as /EFI/Boot/bootx64-windows-backup.efi, or otherwise disallow uninstalling.

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noryb009 commented Jun 1, 2017

69a1f0d added support in the library and GUI.

Reinstalling reverts the fix, which is tracked in #13.
CLI menu support is not implemented, but CLI flag support will be need to be added when adding support for reinstalling.

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