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SalmonDesert

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Registered: 2025-03-08

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Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

I wanna run linux in dual boot with windows, i am using systemd and i went through the installation process until i had to run "bootctl update" and it told me it couldnt find any efi partition, but on ANY command i found to check my partition it tells me i have am efi, vfat partition which is mounted to /mnt/boot/efi, i tried to unmount it but in any way i try it tells me no such directory or file was found, i tried to verify the directory existed and it did, even when i ran "mount" i found it, i think the problem is that it is in use (when i run fdisk it tells me "this disk is currently in use" but whenever i try to check if any processes are running, for example with fuser and other similar comands, i dont get any output) what in the absolute heck did i do wrong i followed the instructions

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 1,340

Re: Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

what in the absolute heck did i do wrong i followed the instructions

meanwhile:

urgent help

and ... SKIP!

maybe invest a bit more time in the topic and op and the issue itself

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

i have am efi, vfat partition which is mounted to /mnt/boot/efi,

That's where it's mounted before you chroot. chroot means change root, you're changing where the referenced root dir is.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,120

Re: Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

Please get rid of the unnecessary plea for help and just describe your actual problems and symptoms.

Note that if you don't want to jump through hoops and use systemd-boot you'd do well in mounting the ESP to /boot directly and ensure that your bootloader config as well as kernels are on there.

That said there's nothing of use here. From "all partitions mounted" and chrooted, what are your outputs for

fdisk -l
mount
lsblk -f

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SalmonDesert

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Registered: 2025-03-08

Posts: 9

Re: Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

Please get rid of the unnecessary plea for help and just describe your actual problems and symptoms.

Note that if you don't want to jump through hoops and use systemd-boot you'd do well in mounting the ESP to /boot directly and ensure that your bootloader config as well as kernels are on there.

That said there's nothing of use here. From "all partitions mounted" and chrooted, what are your outputs for

fdisk -l
mount
lsblk -f

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

I solved, dont worry

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 1,340

Re: Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

I solved, dont worry

would you be so kind to anyone else and explain us HOW?
I meant - after you claimed it was "urgent" for whatever reason and giving us pretty much none - not even a proper explanation of your issue - it could be helpful for others - as it seems you figured something out, however you did it anyway.

also: please edit your OP's title to add [SOLVED] so others can see the question is resolved

Last edited by cryptearth (2025-03-14 03:57:47)

eznix

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Registered: 2020-06-29

Posts: 30

Re: Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

...it seems you figured something out, however you did it anyway.

I assume the OP reread the installation instructions and figured out what they did wrong.

BenjB83

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From: Caracas, VE

Registered: 2023-11-14

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Re: Urgent help (EFI partitioning)

...it seems you figured something out, however you did it anyway.

I assume the OP reread the installation instructions and figured out what they did wrong.

Probably... and then disappeared.