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Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 104

[Solved]grub-install: /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition

I'm installing Arch as a Virtual Machine.
I successfully created 2 Partition (/dev/sda1 EFI System & /dev/sda2 Linux filesystem).
Then i chrooted into /dev/sda2 and mounted /dev/sda1.

When i tried to execute

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=Arch

the following error came:

Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: error: /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition

Any idea? (/dev/sda1 is mounted unto /boot/efi)

Edit: Okay fixed it by making /dev/sda1 a fat32 partition with

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1

Last edited by Stefan_xyz (2019-12-12 10:18:47)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: [Solved]grub-install: /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition

Then i chrooted into /dev/sda2 and mounted /dev/sda1.

You're supposed to mount everything needed before pacstrap / chrooting .
If unsure, run lsblk -f before running pacstrap to verify what you have mounted where.

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky