[SOLVED] UEFI boot help.

exad · 2017-08-01 18:19:46

Hello,

I really just want to make sure I am on the right path here because I've done a lot of reading on the subject in the Arch wikis and my brain feels like mush from trying to get it all.

What I am trying to accomplish:
I just want to boot directly to Arch, I will have no other OS and don't care about selecting one. Ideally, I don't even want to see the bootloader pop up on the screen.

How I was planning my set up:
sda2 = /boot
sda1 = ESP - /efi
sda3 = /
sda4 = /home

using mount --bind /efi /boot
then bootctl --path=/efi install
with systemd-boot-pacman-hook set up to update /efi

I was planning to use systemd-boot as the bootloader since it seems simple enough. If I am not planning to boot any other OS is there any advantage to keeping /boot and ESP separate rather than just combining them and making my life simpler?

Since I just want a clean fast boot to arch without interference, am I heading in the best direction or is there a better way?

Thanks for any insight or help provided!

Last edited by exad (2017-08-01 19:18:02)

jasonwryan · 2017-08-01 18:27:02

exad wrote:

f I am not planning to boot any other OS is there any advantage to keeping /boot and ESP separate rather than just combining them and making my life simpler?

Nope.

exad · 2017-08-01 18:28:51

jasonwryan wrote:

exad wrote:
f I am not planning to boot any other OS is there any advantage to keeping /boot and ESP separate rather than just combining them and making my life simpler?
Nope.

Ah, well then, I will just keep things simple!

jasonwryan · 2017-08-01 19:04:00

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

exad · 2017-08-01 19:19:42

Part 2 of my question wasn't really answered yet but I suppose I'll just find out in practice. marked as solved. I appreciate your help!

R00KIE · 2017-08-01 20:53:02

I guess for part 2 you want to read about this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/EFISTUB

Mind you that you need to have a firmware that doesn't try to get smart and deletes/overwrites your boot entries. If you have a good firmware you don't even need a bootloader although I'd recommend still having one installed and properly configured just in case you need to use it.

exad · 2017-08-01 23:45:12

R00KIE wrote:

I guess for part 2 you want to read about this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/EFISTUB
Mind you that you need to have a firmware that doesn't try to get smart and deletes/overwrites your boot entries. If you have a good firmware you don't even need a bootloader although I'd recommend still having one installed and properly configured just in case you need to use it.

Thank you. In the end, systemd-boot did seem to accomplish what I want, Commenting out timeout means nothing pops up at all and it sends me right into booting arch. I will see with time if anything breaks. I feel confident enough to fix any problems that might arise in the future, which I suppose is the most important part.

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[SOLVED] UEFI boot help.

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