[arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting

[mick]

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:50:19 -0400
Ian <ian.ninjabadger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think I have the knowledge to solve your problem, but what is the
> problem you are having?  So far you have just described your partition
> scheme and that you are stuck somewhere.
> 
> Which wiki page are you referring to?

Sorry, was up til 3am try to work it out.

wiki pages:

Installation guide and beginners guide and chasing down the links for bootloaders > grub > ...

the final symptom is a failure by grub-install to write x86_64.efi or very similar name.

from what I've looked at this morning I suspect it may relate to not having mounted the EFI system partition but I've confused myself so much I'm not sure and thought it better to reach out rather than blunder about and do more damage.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:17 PM, mick <bareman at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > I've been trying to install archlinux on my Lenovo B50-70 laptop and got
> > stuck installing grub boot loader inconjunction with UEFI.
> >
> > Either I'm miss understanding the wiki pages on the subject and/or the
> > wiki pages could do with a bit more clarity.
> >
> > I'm dual booting arch and windows 8.1, previously I had ubuntu 14.04 but
> > when I upgraded to 15.04 it got too messed up so I decided to bite the
> > bullet and go with arch.
> >
> > The disk is currently split into 11 partitions
> > part    size    code    name
> > 1       1 gb    2700    Basic data partion      windows or lenovo
> > 2       260mb   EF00    EFI system partition
> > 3       1 gb    ED01    Basic data partion      windows or lenovo
> > 4       128mb   0C01    Microsoft reserved
> > 5       71gb    0700    Basic data partion      windows system
> > 6       25gb    0700    Basic data partion      windows or lenovo
> > 7       14gb    2700    Basic data partion      windows or lenovo
> > 8       153gb   0700                            shared NTFS data partition
> > 9       78gb    8304                            Linux / 'root' partition
> > 10      9 gb    8200                            swap
> > 11      108gb   8302                            /home
> >
> > when installing I have only used partitions 9, 10 & 11. partitions 1 - 8
> > were on the disc from the windows pre-install and shrunk to make way for
> > linux.
> >
> > A recent operation is affecting my concentration and comprehension so be
> > kind please.
> >
> > mick