Arch Linux

Kxed

Member

From: Tennessee

Registered: 2022-10-06

Posts: 78

Will deleting the EFI System Partition affect my startup menu?

I’m not planning on dual-booting this time, and I suspect that not deleting the EFI SysPartition may have caused the problem that just doesn’t allow me to boot into Arch without a usb…

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,729

Re: Will deleting the EFI System Partition affect my startup menu?

https://xyproblem.info/

Not being able to boot Arch without a usb is a system configuration issue. Yes, deleting the ESP will affect your 'startup menu', whatever that means exactly, but that's a symptom, not the problem.

InfamousMower

Member

Registered: 2022-09-05

Posts: 7

Re: Will deleting the EFI System Partition affect my startup menu?

You have to install a bootloader on the EFI partition. Without that, you cannot directly boot into Arch, which is why you may be finding the need to use the USB. I suspect that you did not install one after finishing the installation process. It's a small note at the bottom: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … oot_loader