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Hi all,
I'm trying to install Arch Linux. Following the install guide, I got stuck at the "Partition the disks" part.
I have Windows 10 installed with two hard drives: one where Windows is installed and another which has my data and a not-yet-formatted partition where I intend to place Arch.
My Windows hard drive has 3 partitions:
1) An EFI partition that Windows uses to boot
2) Some Windows backup partition
3) The partition where Windows sits ("C:\")
Using "fdisk -l", I can see that Linux sees both hard drives (sda and sdb, respectively), but on the hard drive where Windows is installed it only recognizes the partition where Windows sits, but not the EFI partition... I'm a bit puzzled how to proceed. My guess is that I most certainly shouldn't create a new EFI partition (I want dual boot), and I should use the existing one - but it's not recognized...
Any ideas?
Last edited by Stache (2023-01-22 13:19:17)
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Please, boot into Official ArchLinux's ISO and post here output(s):
# efivar --list
# ls -la /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
# lsblk -f
# gdisk -l /dev/sda
# gdisk -l /dev/sdb
<49,17,III,I> Fama di loro il mondo esser non lassa;
<50,17,III,I> misericordia e giustizia li sdegna:
<51,17,III,I> non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa.
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Hi d.Alt,
Thanks a lot for helping.
Here's the output:
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efivar --list
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1b838190-4625-4ead-abc9-cd5e6af18fe0-HiiDB
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-BootCurrent
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-PlatformLangCodes
ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9-NBGopPlatformData
b08f97ff-e6e8-4193-a997-5e9e9b0adb32-CpuSetupVolatileData
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ErrOutDev
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-BootOptionSupport
193dfefa-a445-4302-99d8-ef3aad1a04c6-RstSataV
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConInDev
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOutDev
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-OsIndicationsSupported
9cb2e73f-7325-40f4-a484-659bb344c3cd-SOFTWAREGUARDSTATUS
01368881-c4ad-4b1d-b631-d57a8ec8db6b-OA3MSDMvariable
01368881-c4ad-4b1d-b631-d57a8ec8db6b-FPDT_Volatile
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-PKDefault
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-KEKDefault
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-dbDefault
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-dbxDefault
ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9-aDefaultSetupConfig
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-VendorKeys
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-SignatureSupport
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-SecureBoot
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-SetupMode
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Timeout
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-PlatformLang
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0001
fe47349a-7f0d-4641-822b-34baa28ecdd0-UIT_DATA
fe47349a-7f0d-4641-822b-34baa28ecdd0-UIT_HEADER
73dad563-8f27-42af-918f-8651eb0a93ef-Ep
8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c-RequestMailItemData
a9b5f8d2-cb6d-42c2-bc01-b5ffaae4335e-PBRDevicePath
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0000
81c76078-bfde-4368-9790-570914c01a65-SetUpdateCountVar
4da4f952-2516-4d06-8975-65036403a8c7-RstOptaneConfig
d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e67656f-dbx
eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3-OfflineUniqueIDRandomSeedCRC
eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3-OfflineUniqueIDRandomSeed
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-BootOrder
eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3-UnlockIDCopy
77fa9abd-0359-4d32-bd60-28f4e78f784b-CurrentPolicy
4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1-DmiVar0200020700
4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1-DmiArray
8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c-MacAddrVar
8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c-StageChk
8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c-ASR_USER_DEF_VER
45cf35f6-0d6e-4d04-856a-0370a5b16f53-DefaultBootOrder
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ErrOut
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConIn
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-ConOut
e20939be-32d4-41be-a150-897f85d49829-MemoryOverwriteRequestControl
bb983ccf-151d-40e1-a07b-4a17be168292-MemoryOverwriteRequestControlLock
4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1-MaximumTableSize
4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1-SmbiosScratchBuffer
4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1-SmbiosV3EntryPointTable
4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1-SmbiosEntryPointTable
4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1-WriteOnceStatus
eda41d22-7729-5b91-b3ee-ba619921cefa-IntUcode
ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9-SetupCpuFeatures
9d0da369-540b-46f8-85a0-2b5f2c301e15-EfiTime
8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c-ASRRSTConfigData
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-LoadSetupDefault
01368881-c4ad-4b1d-b631-d57a8ec8db6b-MonotonicCounter
97e8965f-c761-4f48-b6e4-9ffa9cb2a2d6-DeploymentModeNv
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ls -la /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
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total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 20 2023 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Jan 20 2023 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 Jan 20 2023 ASRRSTConfigData-8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Jan 20 2023 ASR_USER_DEF_VER-8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 304 Jan 20 2023 Boot0000-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 Jan 20 2023 Boot0001-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jan 20 2023 BootCurrent-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jan 20 2023 BootOptionSupport-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jan 20 2023 BootOrder-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88 Jan 20 2023 ConInDev-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88 Jan 20 2023 ConIn-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Jan 20 2023 ConOutDev-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Jan 20 2023 ConOut-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16 Jan 20 2023 CpuSetupVolatileData-b08f97ff-e6e8-4193-a997-5e9e9b0adb32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 CurrentPolicy-77fa9abd-0359-4d32-bd60-28f4e78f784b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jan 20 2023 DefaultBootOrder-45cf35f6-0d6e-4d04-856a-0370a5b16f53
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 DeploymentModeNv-97e8965f-c761-4f48-b6e4-9ffa9cb2a2d6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1284 Jan 20 2023 DmiArray-4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jan 20 2023 DmiVar0200020700-4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Jan 20 2023 EfiTime-9d0da369-540b-46f8-85a0-2b5f2c301e15
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Jan 20 2023 Ep-73dad563-8f27-42af-918f-8651eb0a93ef
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Jan 20 2023 ErrOutDev-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Jan 20 2023 ErrOut-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jan 20 2023 FPDT_Volatile-01368881-c4ad-4b1d-b631-d57a8ec8db6b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Jan 20 2023 HiiDB-1b838190-4625-4ead-abc9-cd5e6af18fe0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jan 20 2023 IntUcode-eda41d22-7729-5b91-b3ee-ba619921cefa
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1564 Jan 20 2023 KEKDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 LoadSetupDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17 Jan 20 2023 MacAddrVar-8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jan 20 2023 MaximumTableSize-4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 MemoryOverwriteRequestControlLock-bb983ccf-151d-40e1-a07b-4a17be168292
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 MemoryOverwriteRequestControl-e20939be-32d4-41be-a150-897f85d49829
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jan 20 2023 MonotonicCounter-01368881-c4ad-4b1d-b631-d57a8ec8db6b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jan 20 2023 NBGopPlatformData-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 Jan 20 2023 OA3MSDMvariable-01368881-c4ad-4b1d-b631-d57a8ec8db6b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jan 20 2023 OfflineUniqueIDRandomSeedCRC-eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Jan 20 2023 OfflineUniqueIDRandomSeed-eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Jan 20 2023 OsIndicationsSupported-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Jan 20 2023 PBRDevicePath-a9b5f8d2-cb6d-42c2-bc01-b5ffaae4335e
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 644 Jan 20 2023 PKDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 Jan 20 2023 PlatformLangCodes-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10 Jan 20 2023 PlatformLang-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 388 Jan 20 2023 RequestMailItemData-8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 RstOptaneConfig-4da4f952-2516-4d06-8975-65036403a8c7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42 Jan 20 2023 RstSataV-193dfefa-a445-4302-99d8-ef3aad1a04c6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 SOFTWAREGUARDSTATUS-9cb2e73f-7325-40f4-a484-659bb344c3cd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 SecureBoot-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jan 20 2023 SetUpdateCountVar-81c76078-bfde-4368-9790-570914c01a65
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 Jan 20 2023 SetupCpuFeatures-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 SetupMode-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 148 Jan 20 2023 SignatureSupport-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Jan 20 2023 SmbiosEntryPointTable-4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Jan 20 2023 SmbiosScratchBuffer-4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Jan 20 2023 SmbiosV3EntryPointTable-4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34 Jan 20 2023 StageChk-8f132913-6907-4192-a227-6cbcd7a50e6c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jan 20 2023 Timeout-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 Jan 20 2023 UIT_DATA-fe47349a-7f0d-4641-822b-34baa28ecdd0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Jan 20 2023 UIT_HEADER-fe47349a-7f0d-4641-822b-34baa28ecdd0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Jan 20 2023 UnlockIDCopy-eaec226f-c9a3-477a-a826-ddc716cdc0e3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 20 2023 VendorKeys-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68 Jan 20 2023 WriteOnceStatus-4b3082a3-80c6-4d7e-9cd0-583917265df1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Jan 20 2023 aDefaultSetupConfig-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3147 Jan 20 2023 dbDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3728 Jan 20 2023 dbxDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12904 Jan 20 2023 dbx-d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e67656f
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lsblk -f
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NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 squashfs 4.0 0 100% /run/archiso/airootfs
sda
├─sda1
└─sda2 ntfs SEAGATE E27A694C7A691F13
sdb
└─sdb1 vfat FAT32 ARCH_202301 1C03-025E
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gdisk -l /dev/sda
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GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.9.1
The protective MBR's 0xEE partition is oversized! Auto-repairing.
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB
Model: ST1000DX002-2DV1
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E95D9A25-51B7-4BD1-A147-924A2D2E4CCE
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 538971535 sectors (257.0 GiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 34 32767 16.0 MiB 0C01 Microsoft reserved ...
2 32768 1414553599 674.5 GiB 0700 Basic data partition
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gdisk -l /dev/sdb
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GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.9.1
The protective MBR's 0xEE partition is oversized! Auto-repairing.
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sdb: 245760000 sectors, 117.2 GiB
Model: USB DISK 3.2
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): CE1B3282-FF62-4DE3-8C08-A21D8552BED2
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 245759966
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 245759966 117.2 GiB 0700 Main Data Partition
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Please, use [ code ] [ / code ] tags (without spaces) when posting output.
I wonder how you're booting Windows, as I don't see any ESP(*) on /dev/sda:
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gdisk -l /dev/sda
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GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.9.1
The protective MBR's 0xEE partition is oversized! Auto-repairing.
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB
Model: ST1000DX002-2DV1
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E95D9A25-51B7-4BD1-A147-924A2D2E4CCE
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 538971535 sectors (257.0 GiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 34 32767 16.0 MiB 0C01 Microsoft reserved ...
2 32768 1414553599 674.5 GiB 0700 Basic data partition
/dev/sdb is... What? An external USB-attached Hard Drive?
Also, you have the entire partition (sdb1) on it in FAT32... (*)Is this your ESP?
Please post here output of
# efibootmgr -v
<49,17,III,I> Fama di loro il mondo esser non lassa;
<50,17,III,I> misericordia e giustizia li sdegna:
<51,17,III,I> non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa.
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Looks like /dev/sdb contains the Arch live ISO image.
Velocitas Eradico
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Hi guys,
Yeah, turns out I'm just lost in general. /dev/sdb was indeed my USB drive with Arch on it and NOT my SSD drive with my Win partition - they just happen to have the same size which confused me...
My SSD drive with the Win partition and EFI didn't show up at all - a quick search on the Arch Wiki gave me the answer. (RAID settings issues in BIOS, aka the usual suspect.)
Thanks a lot for your help, you've managed to point me to the right direction, so I can finally progress.
Have a great day!
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