[SOLVED] Wanting to get rid of grub and use systemd-boot

cryptodan · 2020-01-28 13:26:53

I would like to get rid of grub, in order to have a much faster boot time and not have to deal with it. i am trying to get systemd-boot to work and here are my config files:

arch.conf located in /boot/efi/loader/entries

title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=PARTUUID=33ab2eea-6998-c643-a6e3-020799fdf262 rw

The loader.conf file located in /boot/efi/loader/entries

default arch
timeout 4

My /etc/fstab

# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=041C-0213          /boot/efi       vfat            defaults        0 2
# /dev/nvme0n1p2

# /dev/sda1
UUID=c9766357-0ecb-4a41-8c60-863cd9223bf6       /home           ext4            rw,relatime     0 2

UUID=2c98b545-ea9b-43ed-8c82-ed7fbdd3de0c / ext4 rw,relatime,x-gvfs-name=Arch 0 1

my bootctl list

[root@pegasus ~]# bootctl list
Boot Loader Entries:
        title: Arch Linux (default)
           id: arch
       source: /boot/efi/loader/entries/arch.conf
       linux: /vmlinuz-linux (No such file or directory)
       initrd: /initramfs-linux.img (No such file or directory)
       options: root=PARTUUID=33ab2eea-6998-c643-a6e3-020799fdf262 rw

my blkid read out

[root@pegasus loader]# blkid

/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="041C-0213" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI system partition" PARTUUID="6d8291e7-88e0-407b-b756-89dbda175b28"

/dev/nvme0n1p2: LABEL="Arch" UUID="2c98b545-ea9b-43ed-8c82-ed7fbdd3de0c" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="Arch" PARTUUID="33ab2eea-6998-c643-a6e3-020799fdf262"

/dev/nvme0n1p3: UUID="774265e6-e8df-4697-b2b7-aebf121369af" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="794b444e-94ce-2f44-856f-2776aa99b62e"

/dev/sda1: UUID="c9766357-0ecb-4a41-8c60-863cd9223bf6" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="a4f9d0c1-e0c3-498f-ace2-d60fa54c170e"

This is the bootctl --path /boot/efi install output

[root@pegasus loader]# bootctl --path /boot/efi install
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/boot/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi".
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI".
Random seed file /boot/efi/loader/random-seed successfully written (512 bytes).
Created EFI boot entry "Linux Boot Manager".

The bootctl update command

[root@pegasus loader]# bootctl update
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/boot/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi".
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI".

The efibootmgr output

[root@pegasus loader]# efibootmgr 
BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0001,0004,0003,0002,0005
Boot0000* Linux Boot Manager
Boot0001* Linux Boot Manager
Boot0002* UEFI: PXE IP4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Boot0003* grub
Boot0004* Arch
Boot0005* UEFI OS

Output of tree /boot

[root@pegasus loader]# tree /boot/
/boot/
├── efi
│   ├── 376616c788ab430998ba332da27c1652
│   ├── EFI
│   │   ├── Arch
│   │   │   └── grubx64.efi
│   │   ├── BOOT
│   │   │   └── BOOTX64.EFI
│   │   ├── GRUB
│   │   │   └── grubx64.efi
│   │   ├── Linux
│   │   └── systemd
│   │       └── systemd-bootx64.efi
│   └── loader
│       ├── entries
│       │   └── arch.conf
│       ├── loader.conf
│       └── random-seed
├── grub
│   ├── fonts
│   │   └── unicode.pf2
│   ├── grub.cfg
│   ├── grubenv
│   ├── themes
│   │   └── starfield
│   │       ├── blob_w.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_c.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_e.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_ne.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_n.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_nw.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_se.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_s.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_sw.png
│   │       ├── boot_menu_w.png
│   │       ├── COPYING.CC-BY-SA-3.0
│   │       ├── dejavu_10.pf2
│   │       ├── dejavu_12.pf2
│   │       ├── dejavu_14.pf2
│   │       ├── dejavu_16.pf2
│   │       ├── dejavu_bold_14.pf2
│   │       ├── README
│   │       ├── slider_c.png
│   │       ├── slider_n.png
│   │       ├── slider_s.png
│   │       ├── starfield.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_c.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_e.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_ne.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_n.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_nw.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_se.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_s.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_sw.png
│   │       ├── terminal_box_w.png
│   │       └── theme.txt
│   └── x86_64-efi
│       ├── acpi.mod
│       ├── adler32.mod
│       ├── affs.mod
│       ├── afs.mod
│       ├── ahci.mod
│       ├── all_video.mod
│       ├── aout.mod
│       ├── appleldr.mod
│       ├── archelp.mod
│       ├── ata.mod
│       ├── at_keyboard.mod
│       ├── backtrace.mod
│       ├── bfs.mod
│       ├── bitmap.mod
│       ├── bitmap_scale.mod
│       ├── blocklist.mod
│       ├── boot.mod
│       ├── boottime.mod
│       ├── bsd.mod
│       ├── bswap_test.mod
│       ├── btrfs.mod
│       ├── bufio.mod
│       ├── cacheinfo.mod
│       ├── cat.mod
│       ├── cbfs.mod
│       ├── cbls.mod
│       ├── cbmemc.mod
│       ├── cbtable.mod
│       ├── cbtime.mod
│       ├── chain.mod
│       ├── cmdline_cat_test.mod
│       ├── cmp.mod
│       ├── cmp_test.mod
│       ├── command.lst
│       ├── configfile.mod
│       ├── core.efi
│       ├── cpio_be.mod
│       ├── cpio.mod
│       ├── cpuid.mod
│       ├── crc64.mod
│       ├── cryptodisk.mod
│       ├── crypto.lst
│       ├── crypto.mod
│       ├── cs5536.mod
│       ├── ctz_test.mod
│       ├── datehook.mod
│       ├── date.mod
│       ├── datetime.mod
│       ├── diskfilter.mod
│       ├── disk.mod
│       ├── div.mod
│       ├── div_test.mod
│       ├── dm_nv.mod
│       ├── echo.mod
│       ├── efifwsetup.mod
│       ├── efi_gop.mod
│       ├── efinet.mod
│       ├── efi_uga.mod
│       ├── ehci.mod
│       ├── elf.mod
│       ├── eval.mod
│       ├── exfat.mod
│       ├── exfctest.mod
│       ├── ext2.mod
│       ├── extcmd.mod
│       ├── f2fs.mod
│       ├── fat.mod
│       ├── file.mod
│       ├── fixvideo.mod
│       ├── font.mod
│       ├── fshelp.mod
│       ├── fs.lst
│       ├── functional_test.mod
│       ├── gcry_arcfour.mod
│       ├── gcry_blowfish.mod
│       ├── gcry_camellia.mod
│       ├── gcry_cast5.mod
│       ├── gcry_crc.mod
│       ├── gcry_des.mod
│       ├── gcry_dsa.mod
│       ├── gcry_idea.mod
│       ├── gcry_md4.mod
│       ├── gcry_md5.mod
│       ├── gcry_rfc2268.mod
│       ├── gcry_rijndael.mod
│       ├── gcry_rmd160.mod
│       ├── gcry_rsa.mod
│       ├── gcry_seed.mod
│       ├── gcry_serpent.mod
│       ├── gcry_sha1.mod
│       ├── gcry_sha256.mod
│       ├── gcry_sha512.mod
│       ├── gcry_tiger.mod
│       ├── gcry_twofish.mod
│       ├── gcry_whirlpool.mod
│       ├── geli.mod
│       ├── gettext.mod
│       ├── gfxmenu.mod
│       ├── gfxterm_background.mod
│       ├── gfxterm_menu.mod
│       ├── gfxterm.mod
│       ├── gptsync.mod
│       ├── grub.efi
│       ├── gzio.mod
│       ├── halt.mod
│       ├── hashsum.mod
│       ├── hdparm.mod
│       ├── hello.mod
│       ├── help.mod
│       ├── hexdump.mod
│       ├── hfs.mod
│       ├── hfspluscomp.mod
│       ├── hfsplus.mod
│       ├── http.mod
│       ├── iorw.mod
│       ├── iso9660.mod
│       ├── jfs.mod
│       ├── jpeg.mod
│       ├── keylayouts.mod
│       ├── keystatus.mod
│       ├── ldm.mod
│       ├── legacycfg.mod
│       ├── legacy_password_test.mod
│       ├── linux16.mod
│       ├── linux.mod
│       ├── loadbios.mod
│       ├── loadenv.mod
│       ├── loopback.mod
│       ├── lsacpi.mod
│       ├── lsefimmap.mod
│       ├── lsefi.mod
│       ├── lsefisystab.mod
│       ├── lsmmap.mod
│       ├── ls.mod
│       ├── lspci.mod
│       ├── lssal.mod
│       ├── luks.mod
│       ├── lvm.mod
│       ├── lzopio.mod
│       ├── macbless.mod
│       ├── macho.mod
│       ├── mdraid09_be.mod
│       ├── mdraid09.mod
│       ├── mdraid1x.mod
│       ├── memdisk.mod
│       ├── memrw.mod
│       ├── minicmd.mod
│       ├── minix2_be.mod
│       ├── minix2.mod
│       ├── minix3_be.mod
│       ├── minix3.mod
│       ├── minix_be.mod
│       ├── minix.mod
│       ├── mmap.mod
│       ├── moddep.lst
│       ├── modinfo.sh
│       ├── morse.mod
│       ├── mpi.mod
│       ├── msdospart.mod
│       ├── mul_test.mod
│       ├── multiboot2.mod
│       ├── multiboot.mod
│       ├── nativedisk.mod
│       ├── net.mod
│       ├── newc.mod
│       ├── nilfs2.mod
│       ├── normal.mod
│       ├── ntfscomp.mod
│       ├── ntfs.mod
│       ├── odc.mod
│       ├── offsetio.mod
│       ├── ohci.mod
│       ├── part_acorn.mod
│       ├── part_amiga.mod
│       ├── part_apple.mod
│       ├── part_bsd.mod
│       ├── part_dfly.mod
│       ├── part_dvh.mod
│       ├── part_gpt.mod
│       ├── partmap.lst
│       ├── part_msdos.mod
│       ├── part_plan.mod
│       ├── part_sun.mod
│       ├── part_sunpc.mod
│       ├── parttool.lst
│       ├── parttool.mod
│       ├── password.mod
│       ├── password_pbkdf2.mod
│       ├── pata.mod
│       ├── pbkdf2.mod
│       ├── pbkdf2_test.mod
│       ├── pcidump.mod
│       ├── pgp.mod
│       ├── play.mod
│       ├── png.mod
│       ├── priority_queue.mod
│       ├── probe.mod
│       ├── procfs.mod
│       ├── progress.mod
│       ├── raid5rec.mod
│       ├── raid6rec.mod
│       ├── random.mod
│       ├── rdmsr.mod
│       ├── read.mod
│       ├── reboot.mod
│       ├── regexp.mod
│       ├── reiserfs.mod
│       ├── relocator.mod
│       ├── romfs.mod
│       ├── scsi.mod
│       ├── search_fs_file.mod
│       ├── search_fs_uuid.mod
│       ├── search_label.mod
│       ├── search.mod
│       ├── serial.mod
│       ├── setjmp.mod
│       ├── setjmp_test.mod
│       ├── setpci.mod
│       ├── sfs.mod
│       ├── shift_test.mod
│       ├── shim_lock.mod
│       ├── signature_test.mod
│       ├── sleep.mod
│       ├── sleep_test.mod
│       ├── spkmodem.mod
│       ├── squash4.mod
│       ├── strtoull_test.mod
│       ├── syslinuxcfg.mod
│       ├── tar.mod
│       ├── terminal.lst
│       ├── terminal.mod
│       ├── terminfo.mod
│       ├── test_blockarg.mod
│       ├── testload.mod
│       ├── test.mod
│       ├── testspeed.mod
│       ├── tftp.mod
│       ├── tga.mod
│       ├── time.mod
│       ├── tpm.mod
│       ├── trig.mod
│       ├── tr.mod
│       ├── true.mod
│       ├── udf.mod
│       ├── ufs1_be.mod
│       ├── ufs1.mod
│       ├── ufs2.mod
│       ├── uhci.mod
│       ├── usb_keyboard.mod
│       ├── usb.mod
│       ├── usbms.mod
│       ├── usbserial_common.mod
│       ├── usbserial_ftdi.mod
│       ├── usbserial_pl2303.mod
│       ├── usbserial_usbdebug.mod
│       ├── usbtest.mod
│       ├── verifiers.mod
│       ├── video_bochs.mod
│       ├── video_cirrus.mod
│       ├── video_colors.mod
│       ├── video_fb.mod
│       ├── videoinfo.mod
│       ├── video.lst
│       ├── video.mod
│       ├── videotest_checksum.mod
│       ├── videotest.mod
│       ├── wrmsr.mod
│       ├── xfs.mod
│       ├── xnu.mod
│       ├── xnu_uuid.mod
│       ├── xnu_uuid_test.mod
│       ├── xzio.mod
│       ├── zfscrypt.mod
│       ├── zfsinfo.mod
│       ├── zfs.mod
│       └── zstd.mod
├── initramfs-linux-fallback.img
├── initramfs-linux.img
└── vmlinuz-linux

Id there is anything else you need let me know.

Last edited by cryptodan (2020-01-28 14:52:40)

pn · 2020-01-28 13:31:23

Try if you have an UEFI the direct booting, HERE you boot faster

Last edited by pn (2020-01-28 13:37:23)

drcouzelis · 2020-01-28 13:44:24

cryptodan wrote:

If there is anything else you need let me know.

Yes... What is your question?

Did you need help with something? Are you experiencing an error message? What is the error?

Slithery · 2020-01-28 13:49:14

Did you have a question?

cryptodan · 2020-01-28 13:51:30

Yes I am having an issue. The loader Arch is not showing up in my EFI boot it shows up as Linux Boot Manager and only allows me to reboot to system firmware

Scimmia · 2020-01-28 14:04:31

systemd-boot can only load the kernel and initramfs from the ESP. Yours are currently on the root partition.

cryptodan · 2020-01-28 14:20:13

So in that file I would specifically include the path to /boot/vmlinuz-linux and the initramfs file? I have tried that and it and when I run bootclt list this is the output:

[root@pegasus entries]# bootctl list
Boot Loader Entries:
        title: Arch Linux (default)
           id: arch
       source: /boot/efi/loader/entries/arch.conf
        linux: /boot/efi/vmlinuz-linux (No such file or directory)
       initrd: /boot/initramfs-linux.img (No such file or directory)

Scimmia · 2020-01-28 14:28:44

No, the path in the config isn't the main issue, the fact is that the kernel and initramfs are inaccessable to systemd-boot. They MUST be on the ESP.

cryptodan · 2020-01-28 14:31:08

They are on the ESP. My ESP is on the following partition:

├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 256M 0 part /boot/efi

Read out from parted -l

Model: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 269MB 268MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
2 269MB 230GB 230GB ext4 Arch
3 230GB 250GB 19.8GB linux-swap(v1) swap

Scimmia · 2020-01-28 14:35:05

No, they aren't. Your ESP is mounted to /boot/efi/. The kernel and initramfs are at /boot/, which is just a dir on your root partition.

Slithery · 2020-01-28 14:35:32

cryptodan wrote:

They are on the ESP.

No, they aren't.
They are located on /boot which is a separate partition to /boot/efi.

cryptodan · 2020-01-28 14:37:09

So the only way I can use systemd-boot is to reinstall Arch and create a new esp called /efi and then it will work?

Scimmia · 2020-01-28 14:38:55

What the...? How the hell did you come to that conclusion?

Either change the location of your ESP or use something to copy the files. Reinstalling makes no sense here at all. Neither does /efi.

How did you install Arch in the first place? The concept of mounting seems to be getting lost here.

Last edited by Scimmia (2020-01-28 14:40:09)

WorMzy · 2020-01-28 14:39:41

ArchWiki wrote:

It should be noted that systemd-boot is only able to load the EFISTUB kernel from the EFI system partition (ESP). To keep the kernel updated, it is simpler and therefore recommended to mount the ESP to /boot. If the ESP is not mounted to /boot, the kernel and initramfs files must be copied onto that ESP. See EFI system partition#Alternative mount points for details.

From https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-boot

cryptodan · 2020-01-28 14:44:05

Scimmia wrote:

How did you install Arch in the first place? The concept of mounting seems to be getting lost here.

I installed following the wiki and I am vary familiar with mounting and editing my fstab.

SO how the hell would I change my ESP, would I just go into fstab and change this:

UUID=041C-0213 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 2

To this

UUID=041C-0213 /boot vfat defaults 0 2

V1del · 2020-01-28 14:47:15

Yes. And copy the kernel files to it beforehand or running mkinitcpio -P after doing the mounting change.

cryptodan · 2020-01-28 14:52:11

Thank you it is now working like it should.

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