[arch-general] Installing Archlinux alongside Ubuntu on a Windows 8 UEFI laptop

[Alan E. Davis]

Running gdisk, this message: Found valid GPT with protective MBR: using GPT.


On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs at gmail.com> wrote:

> I saw no options.  The iso image on the USB drive booted without any
> problem or selection.  DOes it matter that this is a May 1 2014
> installation iso?
>
> Alan
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> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Mark Lee <mark at markelee.com> wrote:
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>> On 05/01/2014 06:54 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote:
>> > I am now walking through the install step by step.   Initially, it is
>> > suggested (in the Beginner's Guide) to test whether efivars is mounted.
>>  I
>> > ran
>> >
>> > mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
>> >
>> > And got this message:
>> >
>> > mount: mount point /sys.....efivars does not exist.
>> >
>> > I don't knolw whether this is good or bad news.
>> >  I tested for UEFI in Windows.  The result was positive.
>> >
>> > This is kind of what I mean, that there are so
>> > many shades and variations.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> What is the "EFISTUB  bug"?
>> >>
>> >> Alan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I'm staying tuned.
>> >>>
>> >>> Alan
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Delcypher <delcypher at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 1 May 2014 23:35, Daniel Micay <danielmicay at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> On 01/05/14 06:28 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote:
>> >>>>>> After already chrooting, during the Arch installation process, I
>> saw
>> >>>> some
>> >>>>>> information that suggested to use a command, as follows:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> mount -t efivarfs efivarfs     /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> You don't need to do this, so I'm not sure where you're getting this
>> >>>>> information. Adding an EFI entry is optional since it already
>> installs
>> >>>>> itself as the fallback loader too. You can install an EFI loader
>> >>>> without
>> >>>>> being booted via EFI.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It's at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI#Mount_efivarfs
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> It's certainly a lot simpler than using grub... you don't seem to
>> want
>> >>>>> it to work so obviously it's not going to work, since you're going
>> out
>> >>>>> of your way to ignore the instructions.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It is unless you're one of the people effected by the EFISTUB bug
>> like
>> >>>> myself. So I'm currently using GRUB2.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> Salutations,
>>
>> You need to boot into UEFI mode. So when you're loading the Arch Linux
>> ISO, make sure you select to boot into UEFI mode (usually an option in
>> the boot menu)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mark
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