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reaching

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Registered: 2024-03-05

Posts: 2

Could not prepare Boot variable: Function not implemented

Greetings fellow Arch users,

I'm trying to install arch linux. My system is multiboot: Windows, Kali, and (hopefully) Arch.

I already have grub installed from kali.

But I find myself on the "installing bootloader" section of the guide.

I'm trying to install grub but it says the following:

Could not prepare Boot variable: Function not implemented.

What am I doing incorrectly here?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,230

Re: Could not prepare Boot variable: Function not implemented

Are you trying UEFI mode install but haven't booted the stick itself in UEFI mode?

reaching

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Registered: 2024-03-05

Posts: 2

Re: Could not prepare Boot variable: Function not implemented

Yeah, I think that was the initial issue. I didn't really understand the difference between UEFI and BIOS and their respective partition configurations. Got a book, and did a bunch of research, so I finally understood what was the problem and fixed it. I now I have debian, arch and windows 11 installed in UEFI mode, and all booting from grub upon computer start up.

Thanks for your help though. Sorry for the late reply. I wanted to see if I could learn what was happening and if I could correct this problem myself. The help is much appreciated.

Last edited by reaching (2024-03-21 10:53:48)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,230

Re: Could not prepare Boot variable: Function not implemented

Glad to hear and it's always good to have some initiative on your own and managing to solve the problem. Ultimately it's your problem and you can take your time to solve it at your own pace, we can help if and when you need it.

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