Bug in limine installer (UEFI mode)

[Caramel]

(Easy Scartgap 6.6.3)

In /usr/local/limine-installer/limine-installer, there is a problem with the line 520

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efibootmgr -c -d /dev/${DRVdest} -p ${ESPdest/*[a-z]/} -L limine -l "\EFI\limine\${EFIname}.EFI" 2>/tmp/limine-installer/efibootmgr-install-error.log

It creates an boot entry with the file \EFI\limine${EFIname}.EFI instead of \EFI\limine\BOOTX64.EFI or \EFI\limine\BOOTIA32.EFI

Other bug (less important), line 514 with limine$ (instead of limine or limine* ?)

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ENTRY="$(efibootmgr 2>/dev/null | grep ' limine$' | grep -o '000[0-9A-Z]')"

EDIT :
The following code for the line 520

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efibootmgr -c -d /dev/${DRVdest} -p ${ESPdest/*[a-z]/} -L limine -l "\EFI\limine/"${EFIname}".EFI" 2>/tmp/limine-installer/efibootmgr-install-error.log

seems to work

EDIT2:
The text was slightly modified

EDIT3:
If, at boot, the text in the limine menu is too small, you can add a line

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INTERFACE_RESOLUTION=800x600

(Or another suitable resolution)

to the file limine.cfg in the EFI partition (usually /dev/sda1)
(See https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/issues/226)

[BarryK]

Thanks very much, fix applied, see blog:

https://bkhome.org/news/202503/limine-i ... e-fix.html

[SteveS]

Thank you very much Caramel for taking a close look at the limine installer code.

EDIT3:
If, at boot, the text in the limine menu is too small, you can add a line

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INTERFACE_RESOLUTION=800x600

(Or another suitable resolution)

I always found the text generated by limine installer too small for me, so I had created a modified .pet version doing this:
"replace the old header part generated in limine.cfg with the new header part from limine.cfg included in EasyOS".

This simply replaces these obsolete lines from line 437:

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  echo "QUIET=no
TIMEOUT=20
GRAPHICS=no
DEFAULT_ENTRY=1
EDITOR_ENABLED=yes
INTERFACE_BRANDING=EasyOS Limine Boot Manager
" > ${MOUNTPOINT}/limine.cfg

with these lines from the limine.cfg supplied with EasyOS:

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  echo "VERBOSE=no
TIMEOUT=10
DEFAULT_ENTRY=1
INTERFACE_BRANDING=EasyOS Limine Boot Manager
INTERFACE_RESOLUTION=800x600" > ${MOUNTPOINT}/limine.cfg

and also these lines from line 689:

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 echo "QUIET=no
TIMEOUT=20
GRAPHICS=no
DEFAULT_ENTRY=1
EDITOR_ENABLED=yes
INTERFACE_BRANDING=EasyOS Limine Boot Manager
" > /mnt/${DEVdest}/limine.cfg

with these:

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 echo "VERBOSE=no
TIMEOUT=10
DEFAULT_ENTRY=1
INTERFACE_BRANDING=EasyOS Limine Boot Manager
INTERFACE_RESOLUTION=800x600" > /mnt/${DEVdest}/limine.cfg

I had created the .pet file on Christmas day!
I should probably have thought about sharing it earlier. Here it is as an attachment.

Perhaps we could update the limine installer code with these changes to match the EasyOS limine.cfg file?

[Caramel]

Another problem with limine in Easy Scarthgap 6.6.3

In limine.cfg the lines

PROTOCOL=chainload

must be replaced by

PROTOCOL=efi_chainload

or

PROTOCOL=bios_chainload

(The protocol chainload is "unsupported" by this version of limine)

So in /usr/local/limine-installer/generate-menu-entry, the lines 29 and 238

PROTOCOL=chainload

must be replaced by

PROTOCOL=efi_chainload

The lines 40 and 228

PROTOCOL=chainload

must be replaced by

PROTOCOL=bios_chainload

Remark: In the limine menu Windows 11 is identified as Windows 10. It's not a problem but it's better to know it

EDIT: Corrections

EDIT2: Addition of the modification for the line 40

[BarryK]

Thank you very much Caramel for taking a close look at the limine installer code.

EDIT3:
If, at boot, the text in the limine menu is too small, you can add a line

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INTERFACE_RESOLUTION=800x600

(Or another suitable resolution)

OK, done.

[BarryK]

So in /usr/local/limine-installer/generate-menu-entry, the lines 29 and 238

PROTOCOL=chainload

must be replaced by

PROTOCOL=efi_chainload

The lines 40 and 228

PROTOCOL=chainload

must be replaced by

PROTOCOL=bios_chainload

Thanks, fixed.

Blog post:

https://bkhome.org/news/202503/more-lim ... fixes.html