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samoloth

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Registered: 2019-09-11

Posts: 18

EFISTUB Issue

Hello everyone!

I've been using Arch for 3-4 months, but always with systemd-boot. I wanted to try booting without any bootloader, so I decided to make a new, fresh Arch installation. I was following the installation guide, so command I've used was (in my case):
"efibootmgr --disk /dev/sda --part 1 --create --label "Arch" --loader /vmlinuz-linux --unicode 'root=PARTUUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX (proper root partition's PARTUUID instead of X..) rw initrd=\initramfs-linux.img initrd=\intel-ucode.img' --verbose", so as you can see I've also added intel microcode.
Any suggestions what's wrong?

Thanks!

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: EFISTUB Issue

Well what's wrong? You didn't actually specify the error.

In any case issues here can be highly dependent on your vendor, so which motherboard/laptop model is this? There's often a high possibility that your firmware does not support passing parameters to EFI entries, in which case you have to use an intermediary boot loader.

schard

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Registered: 2016-05-06

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Re: EFISTUB Issue

1) You did not mention any problem / error message at all.
2) Use code tags when posting command line I/O.
3) The partuuid is not a secret. You don't need to redact it.
4) The microcode must be the first initrd entry.

If 4) does not solve your issue, provide more at least some information.

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samoloth

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Registered: 2019-09-11

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Re: EFISTUB Issue

1) Oh sorry, I edited post before submiting. Here is error:

Initramfs unpacking failed: Invalid magic at start of compressed archive.

3) I know that PARTUUID isn't a secret, but I'm writing this massage on my mobile and now I don't have access to this PARTUUID.
4) I'll try

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schard

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Re: EFISTUB Issue

Yep, 4) is exactly your problem. The initramfs is overwritten by the microcode.

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samoloth

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Registered: 2019-09-11

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Re: EFISTUB Issue

Yes, everything looks good. Thank you.

EDIT: I have one more question. I want to make boot process silent. How can I achieve that with EFISTUB?

Last edited by samoloth (2019-09-11 15:30:20)

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bleeeeeeep

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From: coconut tree

Registered: 2019-02-25

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Re: EFISTUB Issue

I want to make boot process silent. How can I achieve that with EFISTUB?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Silent_boot

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