From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E628E138E74 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2014 04:30:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C53CE09A5; Fri, 5 Sep 2014 04:30:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f171.google.com (mail-ig0-f171.google.com [209.85.213.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 421C9E0845 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2014 04:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f171.google.com with SMTP id l13so172619iga.4 for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:30:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=+VARiPM1/MfS8u3P+C3iXzof4rXXSAqbKo1rmICKlJE=; b=I9rjyt0kT21e/PBdlXN3ncuTI77ANomcdrZNy8EDdeqigtxLKoai9TTa6G8xePURsp 0BFpiiAk79GbO0WbMdwtNm9CERR2Pk/44PjwsTk67qk9gJs951LhsuDs4qUsb55U97DB fLIdF2lKQkTNUD8Vs7EbLak8cCP9ptZVKnWHTysKo+HZwPjQ5jZY8cX/3KiW1TcuDb9v EuBElb4o9DnZqhTHyh3U+4xlsSwf4EYLr4UAfc9wLOMAGEVFt4JNW/9uL6irEvAWDGdJ dn38p8Qe1MlYK2Pb+aVIhMGsVszk1CvAeUei7sxxgIpbFnSE1xyVdwTg4+hoMYKmwOHj DUqw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.176.169 with SMTP id cj9mr752324igc.14.1409891421418; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:30:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.101.199 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 21:30:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140905040839.GC7971@syscon7> References: <20140905001746.GI7483@syscon7> <20140905003621.GJ7483@syscon7> <540922BF.4090708@gmail.com> <20140905031414.GA7971@syscon7> <540931A9.6020209@gmail.com> <20140905040839.GC7971@syscon7> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 23:30:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installed Gentoo on SSD - no bootable device From: Sid S To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0122fa3e587b2b050249ed1a X-Archives-Salt: 9d35d010-a7d9-43a4-83c6-4fc70237e75a X-Archives-Hash: cea4b6decd640a32dc8af4ddfcc5e1a5 --089e0122fa3e587b2b050249ed1a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I believe what you've said is correct... because I'm pretty sure I read it in the documentation. On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Joseph wrote: > On 09/04/14 20:44, Daniel Frey wrote: > >> On 09/04/2014 08:14 PM, Joseph wrote: >> >>> On 09/04/14 19:41, Daniel Frey wrote: >>> >>>> On 09/04/2014 05:36 PM, Joseph wrote: >>>> >>>>> When I installed grub2 I got no errors: >>>>> grub2-install /dev/sda >>>>> Installation finished. No error reported. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> If you are trying to boot in EFI mode, you aren't installing it >>>> correctly. That installed to the MBR in legacy mode. >>>> >>>> >>>> Instructions are here: http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2 >>>> >>>> You need to mount /boot, and mount the EFI boot partition before >>>> installing grub2 using `grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi`. >>>> >>> >>> I'm still lost with this grab2, very confusing. Gentoo official >>> documentation did not mention any of this :-/ >>> >>> Official documentation did ask to create /dev/sda1 2M BIOS boot >>> partition but there was no instruction how to mount it or format it. >>> I was under impression Grub2 will do all of this. >>> I booted with CD-minimal and there is no "mkdosfs" command. >>> >>> Do I need to format the /dev/sda1? >>> >>> If I do: >>> mkfs -t vfat -F 32 -n efi-boot /dev/sda1 >>> mkfs.vfat: No such file or directory >>> >>> >> I forgot to mention in my last post that you absolutely must boot from >> an EFI-enabled kernel, the gentoo ISOs do not do this. I used the Mint >> 17 ISO to do this, when you go to boot options it should list it as EFI >> bootable. >> > > Thank you for explanation. > I have a question with regards to that EFI. Does it refer to this > /dev/sda1 2M BIOS boot partition? > So this partition needs to be formatted to DOS file system and mounted in > /boot/efi directory? > Gentoo Documentation is very outdated and confusing when it comes to this > new GRUB2. > Sometimes I want to scrap this crap and go back to standard legacy GRUB. > > -- > Joseph > > --089e0122fa3e587b2b050249ed1a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I believe what you've said is correct... because I'= ;m pretty sure I read it in the documentation.


On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:08 PM,= Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
On 09/04/14 20:44, Da= niel Frey wrote:
On 09/04/2014 08:14 PM, Joseph wrote:
On 09/04/14 19:41, Daniel Frey wrote:
On 09/04/2014 05:36 PM, Joseph wrote:
When I installed grub2 I got no errors:
grub2-install /dev/sda
Installation finished. No error reported.


If you are trying to boot in EFI mode, you aren't installing it
correctly. That installed to the MBR in legacy mode.


Instructions are here: http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2

You need to mount /boot, and mount the EFI boot partition before
installing grub2 using `grub2-install --target=3Dx86_64-efi`.

I'm still lost with this grab2, very confusing.=C2=A0 Gentoo official documentation did not mention any of this :-/

Official documentation did ask to create /dev/sda1 2M BIOS boot
partition but there was no instruction how to mount it or format it.
I was under impression Grub2 will do all of this.
I booted with CD-minimal and there is no "mkdosfs" command.

Do I need to format the /dev/sda1?

If I do:
mkfs -t vfat -F 32 -n efi-boot /dev/sda1
mkfs.vfat: No such file or directory


I forgot to mention in my last post that you absolutely must boot from
an EFI-enabled kernel, the gentoo ISOs do not do this. I used the Mint
17 ISO to do this, when you go to boot options it should list it as EFI
bootable.

Thank you for explanation.
I have a question with regards to that EFI.=C2=A0 Does it refer to this /de= v/sda1 2M BIOS boot partition?
So this partition needs to be formatted to DOS file system and mounted in /= boot/efi directory?
Gentoo Documentation is very outdated and confusing when it comes to this n= ew GRUB2.
Sometimes I want to scrap this crap and go back to standard legacy GRUB.

--
Joseph


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