[MinnowBoard] Minnowboard Max no longer booting to UEFI Shell
Peter Ogden
peter.j.ogden at gmail.com
Thu Nov 20 16:06:23 UTC 2014
As a workaround, You can get to the EFI shell using a FTDI cable.
That should allow you to do the efi firmware update, but you still wont
have access to the bios screen.
On Nov 20, 2014 8:03 AM, "Bastian Wassermann" <bastian.wassermann at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> saddly when there is nothing plugin in but the hdmi and the power cable,
> the board stays black. It is the same if i plugin a boot stick. But when i
> enter my microsd card with an installed linux mint, the board stays totally
> black for about 30 seconds and than the tv recognizes the hdmi input signal
> and displays the green mint logo in the central.
>
> 2014-11-20 14:41 GMT+01:00 Krause Martin <Martin.Krause at tq-group.com>:
>
>> Hi Bastian,
>>
>>
>>
>> what happens if you boot without any boot device connected? The board
>> should boot into EFI shell then.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> *Von:* elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:
>> elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] *Im Auftrag von *Bastian
>> Wassermann
>> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 20. November 2014 14:10
>> *An:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>> *Betreff:* [MinnowBoard] Minnowboard Max no longer booting to UEFI Shell
>>
>>
>>
>> I have the same problem like *Bryan Smith*
>> <http://minnowboard.57273.x6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=55> in
>> the post
>> http://minnowboard.57273.x6.nabble.com/MinnowBoard-Minnowboard-Max-no-longer-booting-to-UEFI-Shell-td229.html
>> when i am booting my minnowboard i cant see anything until the linux mint
>> logo appears. So it is not possible to boot in the UEFI and boot/install
>> another linux distribution.
>>
>> *David Anders*
>> <http://minnowboard.57273.x6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=17> mentioned
>> that this is a firmware / HDMI Issue with some displays. I have the
>> minnowboard from the last batch send out 11/11/14 by mouser. I did a
>> firmware updated and installed linux mint 17.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is the board or uefi broken? Is there a workaround for updating or fixing
>> that issue "blind"? Is there a way to boot a different linux distribution
>> from a usb stick from a comand in the installed linus?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>>
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