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Showing posts with label Windows 10. Show all posts

Friday, 13 March 2020

Clear Linux available in Clover bootloader

I was struggling to get my Mac OS laptop boot also Clear Linux using Clover EFI loader. Making it tripple boot with Mac OS, Windows 10 and Clear Linux it would require following a sequence.

- First thing is to install Mac OS and make it boot via Clover.
- Second is to install (or restore Windows 10). Here make sure that Clover boots correctly both Mac OS and Windows.
- Third is to install Clear Linux. So create required primary partitions CLR_BOOT, CLR_SWAP and CLR_ROOT and proceed with the installation. When installation is completed make a copy of output from command blkid and reboot to Mac OS.

Now, in Clover Configurator mount EFI partition and load config which you use to boot Mac OS. Next go to GUI section, add new Custom Entry and enter only UUID of the CLR_BOOT partition and name which you want to see in Clover boot menu. When that's done, reboot and check if it worked.

Following pictures are for reference hoping they clearly ilustrate what to put and where.




Sunday, 13 May 2018

Windows missing xapofx1_5.dll (including no sound)

I tried to play Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation however my Windows 10 laptop complained about missing file xapofx1_5.dll. All tutorials positioned high on google advised to download this dll from internet and all should be fine. So I went to https://www.dll-files.com and downloaded the dll. I copied it to C:\Windows\System32 then started the game and it started... without sound. After going through multiple pages I figured out that DirectX has to be installed. Below are the steps:


  1. Download xapofx1_5.dll from https://www.dll-files.com (In my case x64)
  2. Extract dll file from the downloaded zip to C:\Windows\System32.
  3. Download DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer (Can use this link too http://zipansion.com/b1sM)
  4. Install DirectX and start the game.