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aldeano

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Registered: 2009-09-04

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[solved] Stuck in installation of bootloader

As the title says, I'm stuck in the last part of the installation process trying to install systemd-boot. Writing:

bootctl install

Gives this output:

Couldn't find EFI system partition. It is recommended to mount it to /boot or /efi.
Alternatively, use --esp-path= to specify path to mount point

I try the alternative:

bootctl --esp-path=/boot install

And got this message:

File system "/dev/block/259:1" is not on a GPT partition table.

lsblk -f shows the partition created for EFI:

nvme0n1
|-nvme0n1p1 vfat FAT32 BC06-F764 441.2M 9% /boot

I've followed the guide with a live usb, the partitions are created, formatted and mounted.

Last edited by aldeano (2020-06-22 00:46:43)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [solved] Stuck in installation of bootloader

Is /dev/nvme0n1p1 an EFI system partition?

Check

# parted --list

^ That should show "boot,esp" in the "Flags" column and also indicated the "Partition Table" as "gpt".

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aldeano

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Re: [solved] Stuck in installation of bootloader

parted --list

Shows this:

Model: INTEL SSDPEKNW512G8L (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 512GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start   End    Size   Type    File system    Flags
1      1049kB  513MB  512MB  primary fat32          esp
2      513MB   1537MB 1024MB primary linux-swap(v1)
3      1537MB  512GB  511GB  primary ext4           boot

Also fstab:

# /dev/nvme0n1p1
UUID=363C-BEE5 /boot vfat rw,realmtime,fmask=0022,dmasl=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [solved] Stuck in installation of bootloader

Partition Table: msdos

^ There's the problem then.

The gdisk program can convert MS-DOS partition tables to GPT but it is a potentially destructive operation so it may be best to start the installation process again from scratch if you want to use systemd-boot.

I think GRUB will agree to at least attempt a UEFI installation to an MS-DOS partition table but your machine's UEFI firmware might not co-operate.

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aldeano

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Registered: 2009-09-04

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Re: [solved] Stuck in installation of bootloader

Thanks! You were right. trying to change that in the middle of the installation with gdisk wasn't easy, It shows the error:

Warning! Secondary partition table overlaps the last partition by
33 blocks!
You will need to delete this partition or resize it in another utility.

After several attempts I started again using cfdisk to partition the disk and It set the table to gpt, everything went smooth. Marking as [solved].