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talitheterrific

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Registered: 2021-07-19

Posts: 2

issues with efi

Hi all, brand new to the forums just to ask this question!

Every time I install Arch (on a VM for practice before the real deal), I get sent to the UEFI Interactive Shell, which doesn't show FS0 as a valid mapping. I've followed every guide out there, several youtube videos, and pulled out at least a third of my hair over the last three days.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Zod

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From: Hoosiertucky

Registered: 2019-03-10

Posts: 636

Re: issues with efi

I'll try to save you some time..

The only guide you can follow is here...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

The problem you might experience is, if during troubleshooting it is found that you used a youtube video or whatever..you're done.

So, at this point, the best advise I can offer is to follow the official installation guide (noted above) and if you then have problems bring them here.

talitheterrific

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Registered: 2021-07-19

Posts: 2

Re: issues with efi

Sorry, I should've been more clear -- I've followed the installation guide a half dozen times, and each time I run into this error. I've looked and looked on the wiki and haven't been able to find a solution.

d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

Posts: 1,687

Re: issues with efi

Every time I install Arch (on a VM for practice before the real deal),

Are you using Virtualbox? If so have a look at this.

stephenboston

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Registered: 2020-09-27

Posts: 46

Re: issues with efi

Every time I install Arch (on a VM for practice before the real deal),

Are you using Virtualbox? If so have a look at this.

Maybe *this*

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Virtua … as_a_guest

Last edited by stephenboston (2021-07-20 14:39:30)

ugjka

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2014-04-01

Posts: 1,957

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Re: issues with efi

What bootloader?

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https://ugjka.net

stingA0815

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From: Löffingen, Germany

Registered: 2016-04-21

Posts: 31

Re: issues with efi

Most Hypervisors are booting BIOS(legacy) by default. Check if therr is a mountpoint for

/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

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