Help! I messed up with a bios update...
by Jonny_Mango from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5B1S3)
Hi All,
I was running a dual boot system with Linux Mint Cinammon 18.3 and Windows 10 on an Acer ES1-132 laptop for a couple of years now. I use Linux 99% of the time and switch to Windows only when I need to use certain software such as CorelDraw which is not available on Linux. Acer is not Linux-friendly and it initially took me quite a while to get around a Windows Boot Manager issue that was preventing me from being able to boot into Linux. Eventually I found a workaround code which was: sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi"
I recently was having some problems with the laptop (camera stopped working, touchpad stopped working + a few other minor issues) and after looking online it seemed that a bios update might fix some of these issues. I went to the Acer website to update the bios and found that updates were only available for Windows O/S, and nothing for Linux (of course...). At this point my brain apparently switched to zombie mode and I rebooted into Windows and performed the bios update while booted in Windows. Whilst it did fix the problems with the touchpad and camera, it also reverted back to automatically booting into Windows.
If I use a flash drive to boot into a live version of Linux I can find all of my files (huge relief!!) and I have installed LM again choosing the option of running LM alongside existing operating systems (as opposed to deleting all info on the drives). As yet I have not removed the flash drive and rebooted using the code: sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi" because I am unsure if this will result in me losing any data. If left to my own devices my next step would be to buy an external HD, copy all my files and then run the code again, however, I'm fairly certain if I do this I will be starting from scratch with effectively a new install of LM.
Does anyone know if there is a way I can reinstall LM (or revert back to my previous setup) so that I do not have to start again from scratch (i.e. re-install all software etc), or did that bios update doom me?
Many thanks in advance.
I was running a dual boot system with Linux Mint Cinammon 18.3 and Windows 10 on an Acer ES1-132 laptop for a couple of years now. I use Linux 99% of the time and switch to Windows only when I need to use certain software such as CorelDraw which is not available on Linux. Acer is not Linux-friendly and it initially took me quite a while to get around a Windows Boot Manager issue that was preventing me from being able to boot into Linux. Eventually I found a workaround code which was: sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi"
I recently was having some problems with the laptop (camera stopped working, touchpad stopped working + a few other minor issues) and after looking online it seemed that a bios update might fix some of these issues. I went to the Acer website to update the bios and found that updates were only available for Windows O/S, and nothing for Linux (of course...). At this point my brain apparently switched to zombie mode and I rebooted into Windows and performed the bios update while booted in Windows. Whilst it did fix the problems with the touchpad and camera, it also reverted back to automatically booting into Windows.
If I use a flash drive to boot into a live version of Linux I can find all of my files (huge relief!!) and I have installed LM again choosing the option of running LM alongside existing operating systems (as opposed to deleting all info on the drives). As yet I have not removed the flash drive and rebooted using the code: sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi" because I am unsure if this will result in me losing any data. If left to my own devices my next step would be to buy an external HD, copy all my files and then run the code again, however, I'm fairly certain if I do this I will be starting from scratch with effectively a new install of LM.
Does anyone know if there is a way I can reinstall LM (or revert back to my previous setup) so that I do not have to start again from scratch (i.e. re-install all software etc), or did that bios update doom me?
Many thanks in advance.