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gavsiu

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[Solved] Trouble installing intel-ucode

Forgive me if my use of Linux lingo is incorrect as I am still fairly new but trying to switch over.

I read through the microcode wiki page and followed the steps, but I don't think its working because dmesg | grep microcode does not return anything. I believe even if there are no updates, it should list the CPUs and microcode driver version.

I have an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz processor, using systemd-boot as the bootloader and also using LVM.

The wiki talks of editing a file /boot/loader/entries/entry.conf which I'm guessing is /boot/loader/entries/arch-lvm.conf in my case as it's the only file there.

It also says to copy /boot/intel-ucode.img to $esp/EFI/entry/intel-ucode.img.

When I ls /boot/EFI/, it returns Boot  systemd. Should I create an arch-lvm folder? I tried that, copied it there, and rebooted, but dmesg didn't return anything about microcode.

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jasonwryan

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Re: [Solved] Trouble installing intel-ucode

Please paste your entry file, /etc/fstab and the output of `tree /boot`.

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

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Scimmia

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Re: [Solved] Trouble installing intel-ucode

The image needs to be on the ESP. Based on the paths you've given, it appears you're mounting the ESP at /boot, so you don't need to copy it anywhere. The path you referenced makes no sense, don't worry about it.

You edit the entries/*.conf file for whatever you're booting. You created the files, you should know what they're doing.

gavsiu

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Re: [Solved] Trouble installing intel-ucode

Nevermind. I figured it out. I forgot I was using Grub, not systemd-boot. Also, when I typed dmesg | grep microcode in my terminal, I accidentally spelled it microde.

Followed the correct instructions and all is well.

jasonwryan

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Re: [Solved] Trouble installing intel-ucode

How did you install Arch?

Also, please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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gavsiu

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Re: [Solved] Trouble installing intel-ucode

How did you install Arch?

Also, please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

How did I install? As in... wrote the ISO to a USB drive? Followed the beginner's guide and mixed in the LVM guide? Sorry, that question is a little broad.