[BLISS ROMS Development] egandt:
Surface 2017, Unable to even get Grub boot menu, I have a clean Windows 10 install without bitlocker and I have unlocked the bootloader. The log shows that Bliss was added to the UEFI list, but upon rebooting it simply boots directly to windows so I do not believe it was.

Installed: Bliss-v10.1-Beta-android_x86_64-OFFICIAL-20180316-2333_k4.15-sb-ga-jwd_m18.1.0-devel_w09_surface-2017

UEFIdbg.log:

===logging started===

BootCount: 4

Boot0000,0 : Windows Boot Manager

Boot0001,1 : Internal Storage

Boot0002,2 : USB Storage

Boot0003,3 : PXE Network

===New BootOption===

NewEntry:Boot0004,4 Android-OS

Log:

================Installer Info================

Installer Directory:C:\Users\egand\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0

Installer Version:2.6.0.0

Secure Boot ... Disabled

Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

Model: Surface Pro

Product: Surface Pro

BIOS info:

MSFT - 0

234.2267.769

MSFT - 10000

Available GPU(s):

GPU: Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics 640

=============[REQUIREMENTS CHECK]============

Administrator privilege ... ok

CPU Architecture: 9

CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7660U CPU @ 2.50GHz

OSVer: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.17134.0

OperatingSystem Version ... ok

Windows Security: Access NVRAM Privilege ... Not All Set

System Firmware: UEFI

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====Install Started on 7/18/2018 6:25:51 PM====

-ISO File: C:\Users\egand\OneDrive\Desktop\Bliss-v10.1-Beta-android_x86_64-OFFICIAL-20180316-2333_k4.15-sb-ga-jwd_m18.1.0-devel_w09_surface-2017.iso

-TargetDrive: C

-UserData: 92903834

-Setup Directories...

-Folder Created: C:\AndroidOS

-Extracting ISO

#Launch:C:\Users\egand\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\7z.exe x "C:\Users\egand\OneDrive\Desktop\Bliss-v10.1-Beta-android_x86_64-OFFICIAL-20180316-2333_k4.15-sb-ga-jwd_m18.1.0-devel_w09_surface-2017.iso" "kernel" "ramdisk.img" "initrd.img" "system.*" -oC:\AndroidOS

#Launch:C:\Users\egand\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\7z.exe e "C:\Users\egand\OneDrive\Desktop\Bliss-v10.1-Beta-android_x86_64-OFFICIAL-20180316-2333_k4.15-sb-ga-jwd_m18.1.0-devel_w09_surface-2017.iso" "boot\grub\grub.cfg" -oC:\AndroidOS

-Creating Data.img

#Launch:C:\Users\egand\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\dd.exeif=/dev/zero of=C:\AndroidOS\data.img count=92903834

-Initialize Data.img

#Launch:C:\Users\egand\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\mke2fs.exe-F -t ext4 "C:\AndroidOS\data.img"

===Installing Boot Objects===

-Mounting EFI Partition...

#Launch:C:\Windows\System32\mountvol.exe Z: /S

-Setup Boot Directory...

-Boot Folder Created: Z:\EFI\boot\

-Copy Boot files

-Add UEFI Entry

-UnMounting EFI Partition...

#Launch:C:\Windows\System32\mountvol.exe Z: /D

==========================================

So no error or warnings, install is "successful", but I have no boot option for Bliss so it appears it is not successful, why is it that I have no way to boot if the installation is complete and there were no errors?

My best guess is Grub is not being installed so we are still booting directly to Windows, but I really do not know as the logs are incomplete.

I also tried Shift->reboot and shift->boot from power off using the MS keyboard but it just boots directly to windows and that would be pointless anyways since the point of android is when in tablet mode (no keyboard I want to be able to boot android).

Power+Vol Down (boot menu), also onlyu boots to IP and does not seem to be aware of bliss which if installed to UEFI I would have expected.

Tried easyUEFI, it shows the bootloader is unlocked and shows Android as present, so I changed the timeout to 5 so that I can see the options, saved and rebooted (boots directly to windows), so it is not giving me a time out. I'm afraid to change the default to Android since then I can not get to Windows.

All I can think is to install grub2win (but I hate doing so as nothing says I need it).

Went with grub2win and I can boot android, cool, but Bliss x86 hangs at "Checking Info..." I know login was successful as I get a message about it but then hung.

Tried force rebooting as I can always skip setup if needed, but it now skips grub again and boots directly to Windows (as if grub was not even present), really not liking the Surface so far as UEFI does not work as it should, it is almost as if Windows overwrites on restart!

ERIC