[arch-general] Having trouble understanding UEFI booting

[Maxwell Anselm]

I also recommend rEFInd for a similar reason. It's much simpler to install
than grub and it will probably autodetect both Arch and Windows.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:00 AM, <arch-general-request at archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> I never bothered with grub on EFI, especially now that a UEFI boot loader
> comes bundled into systemd. So why bother installing another one,
> especially considering that managing grub is way more complex since it
> handles all the cruft necessary to boot on BIOS that is no longer necessary
> on EFI?
>
> "bootctl install" will get sd-boot installed and you will only need to
> check /boot/loader/entries to make sure it detected all Linuxes properly.
> Windows is auto-detected and does not even need an entry.
>
> Best Regards,
> Tobias
> Am 27.08.2015 06:19 schrieb "mick" <bareman at tpg.com.au>:
>
> > 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
>