[GUIDE] Remove extra Clover BIOS boot entries & prevent further problems

[vulgo]

As such, I had assumed it was a left over remnant boot option

I believe the installer option is created by the Clover entry scan when it finds an APFS container, it doesn't check the files. It's used for updates otherwise it does nothing.

You could hide the entries for 'Preboot' in your Clover settings, there's a guide here.

If you have custom entries for the options you use, turning off the entry scan will also hide the installer option.

You'd need to unhide (press F3) or re-enable the scan to do updates.

 

[Westsurf]

@vulgo Thanks for the explanation.

 

[huug]

After running into this trouble again, I can only advise to upgrade the Bios.

You don't need windows.

- Download the bios upgrade from the Gigabyte website (support)
- Make sure you select the correct motherboard AND revision number
- format a USB stick FAT
- put the file on your USB stick
- reboot and hit DEL to go into your Bios
- click Q-Flash and select your usb stick

-> manual here https://www.gigabyte.com/webpage/20/images/utiltiy_qflash_uefi.pdf

Succes with H170N-wifi revision 1.0 flashed to firmware F22

 

[Totti]

GA-Z170X-UD5 BIOS Version F22 solves the multiple boot volume entries in bios for this board. FYI. I used my windows gigabyte tool to install.

Just wanted to chime in and say i updated my bios from F5, to F22(d?) and it removed all the bogus entries, and solved the issue for me!

Cheers

 

[mamPHP]

Hi,
All of this doesn't work for me. Because have 2 disks and after starting clover shell couldn't find the UEFI section before the clover it self. So i've downloaded an ubuntu live and bootet with usb then in terminal then

sudo apt-get install efibootmgr

then

sudo efibootmgr

mine was like that

BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0002,,0000
Boot0000* Ubuntu
Boot0001* EFI Network 0 for HighSierraSSD
Boot0002* EFI Network 0 for MojaveSSD

remove (Ubuntu) with

sudo efibootmgr -b 0 -B

0* is the bootorder number of ubuntu Boot0000* Ubuntu

 

[BphemiaDrinler]

I just installed

Hi,
All of this doesn't work for me. Because have 2 disks and after starting clover shell couldn't find the UEFI section before the clover it self. So i've downloaded an ubuntu live and bootet with usb then in terminal then

sudo apt-get install efibootmgr

then

sudo efibootmgr

mine was like that

BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0002,,0000
Boot0000* Ubuntu
Boot0001* EFI Network 0 for HighSierraSSD
Boot0002* EFI Network 0 for MojaveSSD

remove (Ubuntu) with

sudo efibootmgr -b 0 -B

0* is the bootorder number of ubuntu Boot0000* Ubuntu

First of all, thanks. I have no access to UEFI-SHELL (doesn't work no matter what I tried) so I tried your method to remove an extra entry that was in the first place.

After that, Linux terminal told me that there was no boot order set. I can't set my efi partition to boot first using "bootmgr -o 0,1", it gives me "invalid argument.

Any advice?

(System is an I7-920, dx58so, 16gb RAM, RX560. I can boot fine if I manually selct the efi partition from bios one time boot menu)

 

[caru]

I am on a Gigabyte Z87MX-D3H, I had something like 30 boot entries, I was getting really confused.
I do confirm that flashing the bios to the latest version F7 fixed the issue.
Thank you, super helpful thread.

 

[worldcitizen]

6. When your have removed all entries that are not physical hard drives, type

exit

and press the return key. This will get you back to the main Clover screen. At this point, I would choose restart from the Clover choices and enter the BIOS to check if your work was successful.​

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After checking in BIOS three (Edit: it was four, or three extra) instead of one UEFI option remain. I go through the same procedure of removing the extra options, but everytime the persistent boot options reappear in the bios. Any suggestions on what to do about that?​

 

[vulgo]

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After checking in BIOS three instead of one UEFI option remain. I go through the same procedure of removing the extra options, but everytime the persistent boot options reappear in the bios. Any suggestions on what to do about that?​

Are they for three different partitions?

 

[worldcitizen]

Thank you Vulgo.

I was about to start installing Mojave on an SSD. The SSD had been erased and reformatted in Disk Utility on a different machine, so it was supposedly empty (and in one partition). This was was the only internal hard drive connected. I was starting up from a Flashdrive made with UniBeast.

I've now installed Mojave and everything seems in good working order. I'll try again, starting up from the SSD without the Flashdrive connected. Of course, after installing Mojave, now there are many options in Clover (FileVault Preboot, Mojave install preboot and a Recovery Partition, besides the one that is the correct Mojave one on the SSD. Do I really want to remove all those (well, not the Recovery one, I am sure)?