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On Friday, 21 May 2021 15:42:01 BST peter@××××××××××××.uk wrote: |
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> Hello list, |
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> Mynew machine has Win-10 installedon /dev/nvme0n1 with the ESP as partition |
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> 1. I want to install Gentoo on /dev/nvme1n1. So far I haven't found a way |
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> to set up a working boot arrangement. I've tried mounting the ESP on /efi, |
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> on /EFI and on /boot/EFI. Efibootmgr seems to write a boot entry in some of |
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> those cases, and it's still there after a reboot - but it isn't visible to |
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> the BIOS. |
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> |
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> Can anyone offer some enlightenment, please? |
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If your ESP is on /dev/nvme0n1 and you are using vmlinuz symlinks, you can use |
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/boot/EFI as the mountpoint for the ESP VFAT partition. Your kernels/config/ |
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System.map/initrd.img files will go into /boot, which will be on the same fs |
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as / on /dev/nvme1, using a fs which supports symlinks. |
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The efibootmgr '--loader' option should/could be used to specify the path to |
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your bootloader image, or if you are not using a bootloader image to chainload |
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your kernel with, point it directly to the path of your kernel; e.g. |
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efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/nvme0n1 --part 1 --label "gentoo-5.10.27" \ |
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--loader "\EFI\gentoo\gentoo-5.10.27.efi" |
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The BIOS/UEFI menu should be able to list entries of bootable *.efi images, as |
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long as they are within the subdirectory of /boot/EFI on the ESP, but if you |
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are using a bootloader, then it is the bootloader image which will run and |
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chainload your OSs and their kernels. |
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