@noInk

Hey.
Did everything as you recommended. The process is analogic, USBSetup.txt is not created.
Screenshot:

@Krukermann

YEa, thanks it won't fixable.
Probably something with the path, maybe powershell. Dunno! anyway -GenBootLOG is case sensitive.
Please use a system known to work for the USB creation.
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leaving it here, superseded by EDK2020
• Download link for DUET (UDK2019) with REFIND included
  This will perhaps be the last release since DUET as been discontinued by the EDK team. Doesn't work? try to build it from the source

@mujuli

On a VM with the -1 option the 2020 should boot like this way now.

hey.
i got a intel s5520hc board and i cant reallt seem to get this working..

i got the menu booting but there is no entries for anything (only my usb drive shows up)

my nvme drive has a windows install cloned from a 500 gb sata ssd and even the sata ssd does not show up in the boot menu. any tips?

i tried the clover method and the same problem happened with no entries

@sebaskitty

Run the MBR2GPT utility on the NVME attached as storage directly from the OS or follow the first post about the clean install.

Wil do tomorrow morning. It's 1:22 am here.

If it helps.

I got a direct pcie go m.2 adapter and a 970 evo.
Got 2gb read and write in windows tests

There also seems to be 2 boot options for the usb
Normal
And
EFI:usb drive

Both have same result but if I boot from the normal one the keyboard stops working and only my mouse functions

Your board run on intel EFI.
Either use the 2020 version with the UEFI bios option set to DISABLED

Booting the NVME drive from non-UEFI legacy board - DUET with optional REFIND - with USBSetup:

this board should not be UEFI

altho this board does has a weird implementation of efi shell and stuff like that

only bios options i can find is boot EFI only modules only and that resulted into a no post so its disabled for now

i tried swapping my keyboard to a different port but that didnt change anything..

i'll convert my nvme disk right now and see if any of my sata/nvme stuff shows up now


hmm ok so i cant convert the disk?

wil it only boot from uefi/gpt installs on the internal drives?

atm making a new gpt windows installer usb instead of a mbr disk..

i would've thought it would atleast show my 64gb ssd as a bootable entry as it contains windows too

maybe its driver related? i checked the drivers folder on the usb partition and it was empty so i even tried to add the nvme efi driver from clover


i have noticed if i boot into the bootloader using the efi: entry and click exit bootloader it wil reload the bootloader in normal mode (where my keyboard doesnt work) but it does seem to run in 1920x1080p instead of a low resolution

OK hm yeah. My uefi gpt installer shows up in the boot screen (so my motherboard is partially uefi?)



Mm edit

If I try to install it using a gpt formatted windows installer (made with Rufus)

windows install completely freezes at copying windows files 0%

@sebaskitty

Your board is UEFI capable you could opt to use the customized version of REFIND to load the NVME DXE by setting the BIOS option "UEFI boot" to ENABLE
If you set the BIOS option "UEFI boot" to DISABLE under the advanced BIOS menu DUET will replace the onboard EFI loader.


The UEFI boot ENABLE/DISABLE BIOS switch allow to boot GPT/MBR disk.
Either REFIND or DUET with REFIND expect GPT as bootable media.

Mixing files with clover and procedure would probably case issue, you need to remove the RUFUS MBR loader from the OS installer DISK.
• Start the USBSetup application and select the USB media made by Rufus.
• Remove all information, partitions and the MBR bootloader made by Rufus from the USB drive by clicking on: CLEAN
• Once done disconnect the USB, close the USBSetup application and follow the "How to CLEAN install WINDOWS 10" on the first page.

Copying the old OS to the NVME is not covered by this how-to.
Try to use the manufacturer DATA migration and if possible select UEFI type migration.
If not applicable and the migration is 1:1 convert manually from MBR to GPT by reading the MBR2GPT utility document page.

hmm so my board is uefi. would i also be able to mod the bios update to add nvme support? this mothebroard has a bios flashback feature in case of failure
(yeah idk how and why) anyway.

i installed ESXI and installed windows GPT purely on the ssd passed trough the vm so its a clean bootable install and its quite speedy. but yeah esxi is alot of added hassle so i wil continue this

so far problem with bios modding seems like my bios update and recovery file both dont have a CSMCORE file

i have tried the refind uefi method again after the esxi install and my nvme windows install shows up.

but during boot it freezes like the windows install.. so it seems like UEFI is not working right. any tips? iirc clover emulates UEFI?

hello.

I got a intel s5520c motherboard and want to boot from nvme.
I found out it apparently is UEFI. and it uses Aptio.
so I tried modding the bios with MMtool but when I open my update or recovery file for the bios the CSMCORE file is not present anywhere,

any tips?

well all the guides for bios modding it tell about the CSMCORE and doesnt tell about any other ways.


i tried clover and refind and the nvme drive with a uefi windows install shows up but the entire system freezes booting the install (when trying to install windows installer freezes at copying files 0%)

DUET is not compatible with VMWARE since by itself VMWARE incorporate a DUET rework of sort for it's own BIOS option management.
Other virtualization infrastructure might require the PS2 keyboard\mouse DXE found within the [ZIP]\DUET_EDK2020_REFIND\DUET\EFI\Drivers to be manually dropped in the [USB]\EFI\Boot\drivers

You need to do a clean install with untouched installation media and CLEAN USB drive, to migrate an previously know to work OS you need to convert to GPT.
Not all installation can be migrated without issue, it depend by the integrity of the core and recovery files and software used, driver, hives and other things can be broken or damaged behind repair or disallow the installer to write it's files.

Your board can be modified but it's a task which require comprehension of stuff.
Just follow either mode of the previous post from the beginning to the end and accomplish a clean install to understand the basic.
There nothing to gain by using an upgraded OS or by salvaging an broken MBR installation.

If the OS or the USB media freeze during the install it mean something is not as it should, damaged or corrupted or not compatible with the UEFI requirement.

Download the DUET (EDK2020) version and connect the Windows installation USB media made by Rufus.
• Start the USBSetup application and select the USB media made by Rufus.
• Remove all information, partitions and the MBR bootloader made by Rufus from the USB drive by clicking on: CLEAN
• Once done disconnect the USB, close the USBSetup application and follow just one of the text below.


[BIOS] UEFI boot option set to DISABLED:

Booting the NVME drive from non-UEFI legacy board - DUET with optional REFIND - with USBSetup:

@sebaskitty:
Those sound like questions that should be posted in the Clover or Refind threads, there those guys will be able to help you with that.
To modify Intel BIOS you need to dump it with flash programmer, then modified, then program back.

What board do you actually have anyway? Your title says s5520hc, then later you say s5520c, when I look up this board it also offers me s5520sc
So, before I can even look at your BIOS I need to know the model But, what I said above generally applies to 99% of Intel BIOS

CMSCore is only mentioned in NVME guide because that is an easy way for user to recognize they are editing/inserting into the correct BIOS volume (DXE)
But, not all BIOS have CMSCore module, and as Fernando said above CMSCore doesn't have anything to do with NVME booting or not.
Setup or SetupUtility module would have been a better choice for the guide to help users locate correct DXE volume to do the NVME insert