On 02/12/14 22:49, Bill Paul wrote:
> - If I use a version of my loader to create a correctly formatted Boot
> variable -- in this case Boot0006 -- and add it to the head of the BootOrder,
> it's properly preserved across QEMU instances.
>
> - If I run the buggy version of the loader and cr
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Laszlo Ersek had to
walk into mine at 08:31:22 on Wednesday 12 February 2014 and say:
> On 02/12/14 01:51, Bill Paul wrote:
> > the
> > fact that the QEMU/OVMF combo doesn't actually emulate a persistent flash
> > device.
>
> Use
> - qemu-
On 02/12/14 01:51, Bill Paul wrote:
> the
> fact that the QEMU/OVMF combo doesn't actually emulate a persistent flash
> device.
Use
- qemu-1.6+, and
- Linux host kernel 3.7+ (for KVM support) *or* TCG, and
- a fresh OVMF, and
- pass OVMF.fd with the -pflash option instead of the -bios option.
Bill,
The User Interface is not defined in EFI, so it is an implementation detail, so
there is not a generic answer to this.
In general there are hot keys to enter setup, and hot keys to clear “CMOS”
which should also clear the EFI Variables on a modern system. You will need to
find the mapp
So, while working on my UEFI OS loader, I managed to brick a couple of
machines. I recovered all but one of them so far (sadly that one is my
personal tablet -- there may yet be a way to save it but I'm holding off on it
until I'm better prepared for the attempt).
I want people to be able to se
