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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.0&return_msg=41710.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1">1–8</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41710.1">arch efi boot buggery</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41710_1_8_10"> <a name="a41710_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">15 Mar 2016 00:02</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1">41710.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> So I managed to screw up something and end up with confusingness in my boot options and they all don't work and just land me back in the <del>BIOS</del>UEFI config. <p>I was following the waffley <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide">Beginners' guide</a> and I think the issue is that I missed mounting /mnt/boot the first time round, which caused the "bootctl install" step to fail, and when I redid that I should have also redone the fstab command but I didn't so even though the installation completed it wasn't there after reboot. </p><p>Oh... or, it might also be because I didn't read the line "<i>When successful, create a boot entry as described in systemd-boot#Configuration (replacing $esp with /boot), or adapt the examples in /usr/share/systemd/bootctl/.</i>" and haven't done that bit either. Argh! I swear I used a better guide last time round. <span class="emoticon e_unsure" title=":/"><span class="e__">:/</span></span> </p><p>Anyway, both those should be fixable just by re-booting from USB and running the relevant commands, yes? <br />Or is there any reason I might want to re-format the disk and start the whole install again?</p></div> <div class="message_attachments"> <span>Attachments:</span> <ul> <li><span class="image attach"></span><a href="get_attachment.php?webtag=DEFAULT&hash=2aca63a37c09301358f12fd883eaee4e&filename=boot-device.jpg" target="_blank">boot-device.jpg</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.1&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41710_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">15 Mar 2016 09:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Mar 2016 23:02"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.2">41710.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1#a41710_1" target="_self">41710.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, the beginner's guide has got worse lately.<br /><br /> But yeah, if you boot the usb (or any live Linux) and chroot into your install, you should be able to fix it. (Though starting again may well be quicker).</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.2&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41710_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">15 Mar 2016 09:16</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Mar 2016 23:02"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.3">41710.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1#a41710_1" target="_self">41710.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Also EFI can go fuck itself. They actually managed to make something, from a user POV, worse than BIOS.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.3&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41710_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">15 Mar 2016 10:54</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Mar 2016 11:03"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.4">41710.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1#a41710_3" target="_self">41710.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> This.<br /><br /> Only ever had issues with EFI/SecureBoot/Whatever else it's called.<br /><br /> I remember all that coupled with an nvidia optimus setup led me to selling the system on ebay.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.4&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41710_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">15 Mar 2016 18:05</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Mar 2016 18:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.5">41710.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1#a41710_4" target="_self">41710.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Same, it's a load of fucking bollocks.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.5&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41710_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">15 Mar 2016 23:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Mar 2016 09:32"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.6">41710.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1#a41710_2" target="_self">41710.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Even if it takes longer, I'd prefer to fix it, to help make sure I know what I'm doing. <p>Didn't get a chance to look at it today though - got fuck all of anything done thanks to constant interruptions and distractions. Not sure whether to count not thumping everyone as an achievement or a failure. <span class="emoticon e_confused_dead" title="X-S"><span class="e__">X-S</span></span></p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.6&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41710_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">16 Mar 2016 23:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">7 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.7">41710.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well that was a lot more effort than it should have been, though I can't blame EFI - my initial mistake plus the lack of clear information/explanations in the wiki (and search engines being their usual shitness) were all bigger factors. <p>It was also not as much of an ordeal as getting MusicBee running through Wine! I flaming did it though! <span class="emoticon e_grin" title=":D"><span class="e__">:D</span></span></p><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 16 Mar 2016 23:29 by BOUGHTONP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.7&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41710_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_41710_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">17 Mar 2016 00:35</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Mar 2016 01:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.8">41710.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41710.1#a41710_7" target="_self">41710.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <span class="emoticon e_cheering" title="(cheer)"><span class="e__">(cheer)</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41710.8&return_msg=41710.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41710.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>