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Adderall

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From: New York City

Registered: 2017-06-18

Posts: 30

UEFI Boot Problem [SOLVED]

Hi, I recently bought a new computer which has UEFI. I am trying to install Arch first on Virtualbox before I attempt to make changes to the computer. I followed all the steps outlined in the guide. However, when I reboot, it boots into "UEFI Interactive Shell", with mapping table information. Before I rebooted, I ran "systemctl sddm enable", and "systemctl sddm start", to make sure Plasma works (which it does). Can someone please help me figure out why the new installation does not boot into Plasma, and how to ensure that it does?

Thank you in advance.

Last edited by Adderall (2018-05-30 10:57:13)

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loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,327

Re: UEFI Boot Problem [SOLVED]

Please post the choice you made for this section of the installation guide and the commands you used as well as their outputs.
Edit:
Please see also VirtualBox#Installation_steps_for_Arch_Linux_guests

Last edited by loqs (2018-05-29 01:35:25)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,544

Re: UEFI Boot Problem [SOLVED]

What boot manager?

You're not getting anywhere near sddm, that has nothing to do with anything.

Adderall

Member

From: New York City

Registered: 2017-06-18

Posts: 30

Re: UEFI Boot Problem [SOLVED]

Please post the choice you made for this section of the installation guide and the commands you used as well as their outputs.
Edit:
Please see also VirtualBox#Installation_steps_for_Arch_Linux_guests

Hi, the commands I entered were:

# pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools os-prober mtools
# mkdir /boot/EFI
# mount /dev/sda1 /boot/EFI  #Mount FAT32 EFI partition 
# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi  --bootloader-id=grub_uefi --recheck

Unfortunately I don't remember the outputs since I rebooted the system.

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nl6720

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Registered: 2016-07-02

Posts: 595

Re: UEFI Boot Problem [SOLVED]

VirtualBox forgets the UEFI boot entries on the VM's shutdown (as explained in VirtualBox#Installation in EFI mode). You need to install the bootloader to the default/fallback boot path.
For GRUB that would be:

# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/path/to/esp/mountpoint --removable

Adderall

Member

From: New York City

Registered: 2017-06-18

Posts: 30

Re: UEFI Boot Problem [SOLVED]

VirtualBox forgets the UEFI boot entries on the VM's shutdown (as explained in VirtualBox#Installation in EFI mode). You need to install the bootloader to the default/fallback boot path.
For GRUB that would be:

# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/path/to/esp/mountpoint --removable

Dude!! It worked! Thank you very much!!

By the way, would forgetting the UEFI boot entries upon shutdown occur when I attempt to install on an SSD/HDD? Or is it just an issue exclusive to Virtualbox?

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Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: UEFI Boot Problem [SOLVED]

It's a VirtualBox only issue.

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