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bruv

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Registered: 2024-10-01

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] Duplicate EFI directories

Hi,

Recently installed Windows 11 with my existing arch install in a dual-boot setup, and in trying to reconfigure grub I somehow messed up my /boot directory where now there are duplicate EFI directories (As in /boot/EFI/EFI). Here's the tree of /boot:

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├── EFI
│   ├── EFI
│   │   ├── arch
│   │   ├── Boot
│   │   ├── GRUB
│   │   └── Microsoft
│   │       ├── Boot
│   │       │   ├── bg-BG
│   │       │   ├── CIPolicies
│   │       │   │   └── Active
│   │       │   ├── cs-CZ
│   │       │   ├── da-DK
│   │       │   ├── de-DE
│   │       │   ├── el-GR
│   │       │   ├── en-GB
│   │       │   ├── en-US
│   │       │   ├── es-ES
│   │       │   ├── es-MX
│   │       │   ├── et-EE
│   │       │   ├── fi-FI
│   │       │   ├── Fonts
│   │       │   ├── fr-CA
│   │       │   ├── fr-FR
│   │       │   ├── hr-HR
│   │       │   ├── hu-HU
│   │       │   ├── it-IT
│   │       │   ├── ja-JP
│   │       │   ├── ko-KR
│   │       │   ├── lt-LT
│   │       │   ├── lv-LV
│   │       │   ├── nb-NO
│   │       │   ├── nl-NL
│   │       │   ├── pl-PL
│   │       │   ├── pt-BR
│   │       │   ├── pt-PT
│   │       │   ├── qps-ploc
│   │       │   ├── Resources
│   │       │   │   └── en-US
│   │       │   ├── ro-RO
│   │       │   ├── ru-RU
│   │       │   ├── sk-SK
│   │       │   ├── sl-SI
│   │       │   ├── sr-Latn-RS
│   │       │   ├── sv-SE
│   │       │   ├── tr-TR
│   │       │   ├── uk-UA
│   │       │   ├── zh-CN
│   │       │   └── zh-TW
│   │       └── Recovery
│   ├── grub
│   │   ├── fonts
│   │   ├── locale
│   │   ├── themes
│   │   │   └── starfield
│   │   └── x86_64-efi
│   └── System Volume Information
├── grub
│   ├── fonts
│   ├── locale
│   ├── themes
│   │   └── starfield
│   └── x86_64-efi
└── System Volume Information

Before I noticed the duplicate EFI directories, I've tried reinstalling grub (running grub-install and grub-mkconfig from a live environment), and running boot-repair in a live environment of linux mint.

Would prefer not to have to reinstall windows as I've already configured it to a considerable degree. Very much would appreciate the help.

Last edited by bruv (2024-10-02 16:36:51)

bruv

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Registered: 2024-10-01

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Duplicate EFI directories

Oh, I should add that this is causing me problems where sometimes grub only has windows and sometimes grub only has arch. I assume it's because there's two grub configurations where /boot/EFI/EFI has windows and /boot/EFI has arch, but idk.

bruv

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Registered: 2024-10-01

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Duplicate EFI directories

I'm going to try merging the EFI directories, I've made a backup encase things go wrong.

bruv

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Registered: 2024-10-01

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Duplicate EFI directories

The extra EFI seemed to have fixed itself, booted into a live media only to see that the extra EFI directory disappeared. Deleted any grub directories in /boot and /etc, reinstalled grub, reconfigured grub, and it was fixed.

Funny0facer

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Registered: 2022-12-03

Posts: 158

Re: [SOLVED] Duplicate EFI directories

Congratulation! You did it by yourself. Truly an Arch Linux mindset.

To make it even better, prefix the title of the first post with [SOLVED] so other people will find your solution easier.

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bruv

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Re: [SOLVED] Duplicate EFI directories

Haha yeah, didn't know how to mark the post solved, thanks for letting me know.