06-21-2020, 05:07 PM
Hi there! This is my first post, so I hope I am following the rules correctly and have this post in the right location and formatted correctly.
I have an ASRock Rack C2750D4i and I have just upgraded to ESXi 6.7.
The installer did not create a UEFI boot entry so it doesn't boot automatically, however I can get it to boot manually by entering UEFI and launching fs0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.EFI. So I know that the OS itself installed correctly.
The problem is I cannot manually add a boot entry using bcfg or efibootmgr. The EFI shell is running 2.3 with this UEFI, which supposedly comes with bcfg, but when I type:
I get unknown command. If I type:
I only have eficompress and efidecompress. I have paged up/down through help and nothing is popping out at me.
ESXi was installed with a USB flash drive which was formatted using an ISO transferred with Rufus 3.11. When I booted the machine I was able to select UEFI: Sandisk and the installer ran and installed the OS This signifies to me that the installer launched in UEFI mode, and the flash drive was properly formatted. I mention this as there are some comments around the web about laying down the image incorrectly using Rufus. I tried transferring via DD on MacOS, but then I couldn't get it to boot UEFI. I don't have any physical Linux hosts.
Additionally, I have seen lots of posts of others having this issue, but they all have tools to edit their boot entries with their EFI shells. I have seen this KBA from VMWare, and this is still a problem for them for versions 6.5 through 7.0 software:
Host Fails to Boot After You Install ESXi in UEFI Mode
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSpher...A9979.html
Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide!
I have an ASRock Rack C2750D4i and I have just upgraded to ESXi 6.7.
The installer did not create a UEFI boot entry so it doesn't boot automatically, however I can get it to boot manually by entering UEFI and launching fs0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.EFI. So I know that the OS itself installed correctly.
The problem is I cannot manually add a boot entry using bcfg or efibootmgr. The EFI shell is running 2.3 with this UEFI, which supposedly comes with bcfg, but when I type:
Code:
help bcfgI get unknown command. If I type:
Code:
help ef*I only have eficompress and efidecompress. I have paged up/down through help and nothing is popping out at me.
ESXi was installed with a USB flash drive which was formatted using an ISO transferred with Rufus 3.11. When I booted the machine I was able to select UEFI: Sandisk and the installer ran and installed the OS This signifies to me that the installer launched in UEFI mode, and the flash drive was properly formatted. I mention this as there are some comments around the web about laying down the image incorrectly using Rufus. I tried transferring via DD on MacOS, but then I couldn't get it to boot UEFI. I don't have any physical Linux hosts.
Additionally, I have seen lots of posts of others having this issue, but they all have tools to edit their boot entries with their EFI shells. I have seen this KBA from VMWare, and this is still a problem for them for versions 6.5 through 7.0 software:
Host Fails to Boot After You Install ESXi in UEFI Mode
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSpher...A9979.html
Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide!