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I have a strange problem about loading with grub2 and efi on gentoo. Maybe I've missed something, but I'm trying to do this:

# mkdir /media/gentoo 
# mount /dev/sda8 /media/gentoo/ 
# mount -t proc none /media/gentoo/proc/ 
# mount --rbind /dev/ /media/gentoo/dev 
# mount --rbind /sys/ /media/gentoo/sys/ 
# chroot /media/gentoo/ /bin/bash 

# env-update  
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... 
# source /etc/profile 
#

...

# parted -l 
Model: ATA ST500LM000-SSHD- (scsi) 
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B 
Partition Table: gpt 
Disk Flags: 

Warning: failed to translate partition name 
Warning: failed to translate partition name 
Warning: failed to translate partition name 
Warning: failed to translate partition name 
Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                          Flags 
 1      1049kB  1050MB  1049MB  ntfs                                       hidden, diag 
 2      1050MB  1322MB  273MB   fat32                                      boot, hidden, esp 
 3      1322MB  2371MB  1049MB  fat32                                      hidden 
 4      2371MB  2505MB  134MB                Microsoft reserved partition  msftres 
 5      2505MB  108GB   106GB   ntfs         Basic data partition          msftdata 
 8      108GB   459GB   350GB   ext4 
 6      459GB   485GB   26.8GB  ntfs         Basic data partition          msftdata 
 7      485GB   500GB   14.7GB  ntfs                                       hidden, diag

...

# mount /dev/sda2 /boot/efi/ 
# grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --recheck --debug 
.... 
grub2-install: info: copying `/boot/grub/x86_64-efi/core.efi' -> `/boot/efi/EFI/gentoo/grubx64.efi'. 
grub2-install: info: Registering with EFI: distributor = `gentoo', path = `\EFI\gentoo\grubx64.efi', ESP at hostdisk//dev/sda,gpt2. 
grub2-install: info: executing efibootmgr --version </dev/null >/dev/null. 
grub2-install: info: executing modprobe -q efivars. 
grub2-install: info: executing efibootmgr -b 0003 -B. 
BootCurrent: 0000 
Timeout: 0 seconds 
BootOrder: 0002,2001,0001,2002,2003 
Boot0000* EFI USB Device (UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G) 
Boot0001* Lenovo Recovery System 
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager 
Boot2001* EFI USB Device 
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM 
Boot2003* EFI Network 
grub2-install: info: executing efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 2 -w -L gentoo -l \EFI\gentoo\grubx64.efi. 
BootCurrent: 0000 
Timeout: 0 seconds 
BootOrder: 0003,0002,2001,0001,2002,2003 
Boot0000* EFI USB Device (UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G) 
Boot0001* Lenovo Recovery System 
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager 
Boot2001* EFI USB Device 
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM 
Boot2003* EFI Network 
Boot0003* gentoo 
Installation finished. No error reported. 

 # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg 
Generating grub configuration file ... 
Found linux image: /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.17.8-gentoo-r1 
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.17.8-gentoo-r1 
Found Windows Recovery Environment (loader) on /dev/sda3 
Found Windows 8 (loader) on /dev/sda5 
done 

 # efibootmgr -v 
BootCurrent: 0000 
Timeout: 0 seconds 
BootOrder: 0003,0002,2001,0001,2002,2003 
Boot0000* EFI USB Device (UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G)   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(14,0)USB(1,0)HD(1,203f,efe782,c3072e18)RC 
Boot0001* Lenovo Recovery System   HD(3,276800,1f4000,478687c7-6120-42c7-93ab-5e3103e1b9ee)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\LrsBootMgr.efi)RC 
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager   HD(2,1f4800,82000,025a7d4d-2436-4fec-8e12-c34679d2d76b)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...{................ 
Boot0003* gentoo   HD(2,1f4800,82000,025a7d4d-2436-4fec-8e12-c34679d2d76b)File(\EFI\gentoo\grubx64.efi) 
Boot2001* EFI USB Device   RC 
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM   RC 
Boot2003* EFI Network   RC

But after the reboot I see Window 8 loader again. How can I figure out, what's going wrong (any logs, or debug messages)? Or maybe you can see, that there is some stupid error? I've already asked this question on the gentoo forum, but maybe I'll have better luck here.

UPD: The option "Secure boot=Enabled" was a culprit.

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/boot/efi must be a FAT32 "efi system partition" (ESP), see also http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/principles.html

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    Thanks for the answer. I've updated the question, because I found the source of troubles - it was the option "Secure Boot=Enabled" in BIOS
    – erthalion
    Feb 10, 2015 at 15:00
  • Ah, sorry for skipping that -- I've implemented bits to cope with SB in ALT Linux but sort of forgot that for now... Feb 11, 2015 at 16:20

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