[arch-general] efi boot kernel file sync - is it still necessary for refind?

Mike Cloaked mike.cloaked at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 16:12:40 EST 2013


On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Mike Cloaked <mike.cloaked at gmail.com>wrote:

> According to
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI_Bootloaders#Sync_EFISTUB_Kernel_in_UEFISYS_partition_using_Systemd
>
> The recent (and current) version of refind-efi auto-detects efi kernels in
> /boot and that wiki article says that it is no longer necessary to sync
> files from /boot/ to /boot/efi/EFI/arch/
>
> Does that mean when first installing arch in a uefi system then it is also
> no longer necessary to copy the vmlinuz and initramfs files to the EFI
> /arch/ directory at all? Or is it necessary only once as indicated in the
> wiki? i.e. is the wiki fully up to date?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Secondly does the Beginners Guide at
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide need the section on
"Efistub" updating to reflect the same change for using refind-efi?



-- 
mike c


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