From: Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with systemd-boot
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:38:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <115647428.nniJfEyVGO@rogueboard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z2Q_vrS8PMSPBUdY@MAC.fritz.box>
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On Thursday 19 December 2024 15:46:06 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> OK, I'm flogging a dead horse here, but the correct error message would
> have been along the lines:
>
> File or directory not found: /dev/sda1/EFI/whatever.
Yes, it would be reasonable to expect at least this much. Perhaps efibootmgr
just prints out whatever the UEFI firmware API with its limited repertoire
returns. :-/
When I first started using it, I occasionally forgot the loader directive
needs to use MSDOS nomenclature conventions; e.g.
--loader "\EFI\Gentoo\foo-x64.efi"
and I couldn't decipher from the error message what was wrong with my syntax.
>
> Having two EFI System partitions probably is a bad idea.
I have two /efi partitions on two different disks. The UEFI firmware probes
block devices and scans FAT32 partitions marked with an EFI System Partition
GPT label, then lists all .efi executables it finds in there in its boot menu.
I never had a problem I didn't cause myself (e.g. deleting the wrong kernel
image), but when 'smart' scripts "... for your own safety and convenience" are
let loose on your drives then all bets are off. ;-)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-19 16:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-18 12:13 [gentoo-user] Fun with systemd-boot Alan Mackenzie
2024-12-18 12:50 ` Arsen Arsenović
2024-12-18 13:41 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-12-18 14:18 ` Joost Roeleveld
2024-12-18 14:30 ` Peter Humphrey
2024-12-18 15:58 ` Michael
2024-12-18 21:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-12-18 21:47 ` Re[2]: " Stefan Schmiedl
2024-12-19 10:59 ` Michael
2024-12-19 15:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-12-19 16:38 ` Michael [this message]
2024-12-28 22:01 ` Wols Lists
2024-12-19 11:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2024-12-28 21:53 ` Wols Lists
2024-12-29 12:51 ` Peter Humphrey
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2024-12-18 12:57 Joost Roeleveld
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