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Jimbo

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[SOLVED] Inconsistency within Documentation?

I have ran into a problem at the last part of installation - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide

For partitioning I chose GPT

cgdisk /dev/sda

sda1 - root
sda2 - home

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home

...

reached here with no further problems

pacman -S gptfdisk
pacman -S syslinux
syslinux-install_update -ia

All fine up until here

pacman -S gummiboot

gummiboot install

File system /boot is not a FAT EFI System Partition (ESP) file system
:: Run /usr/bin/gummiboot install to make gummiboot your default bootloader

When the guide told me to mkfs.ext4, is this the cause of the conflict (not a FT EFI System Partition?

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Jimbo (2014-09-14 13:34:24)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Inconsistency within Documentation?

Do you actually want Syslinux and gummiboot installed?

I am guessing no. You want to boot with Syslinux and just kept ploughing through the Guide at that point?

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ids1024

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Re: [SOLVED] Inconsistency within Documentation?

You can decide into how many partitions the disk should be split, and for which directory each partition should be used in the system. The mapping from partitions to directories (frequently called 'mount points') is the Partition scheme. The simplest, and not a bad choice, is to make just one huge / partition. Another popular choice is to have a / and a /home partition.

Additional required partitions:

    If you have a UEFI motherboard, you will need to create an extra EFI System Partition.
    If you have a BIOS motherboard (or plan on booting in BIOS compatibility mode) and you want to setup GRUB on a GPT-partitioned drive, you will need to create an extra BIOS Boot Partition of size 1 or 2 MiB and EF02 type code. Syslinux does not need one.
    If you have a requirement for a Disk encryption of the system itself, this must be reflected in your partition scheme. It is unproblematic to add encrypted folders, containers or home directories after the system is installed.

Then the following section is labeled as an example.  It could perhaps be more clear, but it is not inconsistent.

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teateawhy

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Re: [SOLVED] Inconsistency within Documentation?

...several bootloaders are available. Choose one as per your convenience.

The beginner's guide explicitly says you should choose one bootloader, not two as you did.

Jimbo

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Re: [SOLVED] Inconsistency within Documentation?

Do you actually want Syslinux and gummiboot installed?

I am guessing no. You want to boot with Syslinux and just kept ploughing through the Guide at that point?

Then the following section is labeled as an example.  It could perhaps be more clear, but it is not inconsistent.

You are right, this was why I misread.
Arch Documentation should use a bigger/diff color/diff font for headers of each category, using the same for headers and sub headers within make them look like they are all steps of one header.