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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boot partition size
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 23:46:32
Message-Id: 24ebb966-4894-ffd4-a8b8-db1aa97a52ec@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] boot partition size by Michael
1 On 11/24/2020 04:21 PM, Michael wrote:
2 > On Tuesday, 24 November 2020 21:51:53 GMT thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
3 >> I run gentoo installation from:
4 >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Disks
5 >>
6 >> parted -a optimal /dev/nvme0n1
7 >>
8 >> Device Start End Sectors Size Type
9 >> /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 6143 4096 2M BIOS boot
10 >> /dev/nvme0n1p2 6144 268287 262144 128M EFI System
11 >> /dev/nvme0n1p3 268288 1316863 1048576 512M Linux filesystem
12 >> /dev/nvme0n1p4 1316864 3907027119 3905710256 1.8T Linux filesystem
13 >
14 > I am not clear if this is a UEFI MoBo or not. If yes, you can use the UEFI
15 > boot manager, instead of Legacy BIOS and you do not need a 'BIOS boot
16 > partition'. If instead you will be booting this disk both in Legacy BIOS and
17 > UEFI modes, then leave the 'BIOS boot partition' as you have it. When you
18 > install GRUB in the MBR it will drop in there its Stage 2 binary code.
19 >
20 >
21 >> When I compiled kernel and run: make install
22 >> it complained not enough space on disk
23 >>
24 >> sh ./arch/x86/boot/install.sh 5.4.72-gentoo arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
25 >> System.map "/boot"
26 >> cat: write error: No space left on device
27 >> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/boot/Makefile:155: install]
28 >>
29 >> /dev/nvme0n1p4 1.8T 3.5G 1.7T 1% /
30 >> cgroup_root 10M 0 10M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
31 >> udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev
32 >> tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm
33 >> /dev/sda2 6.4M 6.4M 2.0K 100% /boot
34 >>
35 >> (sda2 - I think is a bootable USB)
36 >
37 > Your /boot mountpoint should be used for /dev/nvme0n1p2, if this is a UEFI
38 > installation. If as you report above /boot is on /dev/sda2 you have not
39 > followed the handbook correctly. In particular you have not mounted /dev/
40 > nvme0n1p2 as /mnt/gentoo/boot before you chrooted into /mnt/gentoo.
41
42 That was the case, I just mounted the "/dev/nvme0n1p2" partition on /boot and it worked.
43
44 But now I'm getting an error with installing grub.
45
46 grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot
47 Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
48 grub-install: error: /boot doesn't look like an EFI partition.
49
50 fdisk is showing the /dev/nvme0n1p2 is EFI
51 /dev/nvme0n1p2 6144 268287 262144 128M EFI System
52
53
54 No, don't need BIOS, boot partition (created it by mistake), I think I can remove this partition with fdisk
55 /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 6143 4096 2M BIOS boot

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Re: [gentoo-user] boot partition size Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>