[Nix-dev] Unable to install NixOS unstable in UEFI system

[Kirill Elagin]

`/boot`, I guess.


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Кирилл Елагин


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:32 PM, José Romildo Malaquias <j.romildo at gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 07:04:41PM +0200, Wout Mertens wrote:
> >
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#EFI_System_Partition
> >
> > "The EFI System Partition (also called ESP or EFISYS) is a *FAT32
> formatted
> > physical partition* (in the main partition table of the disk, not LVM or
> > software raid etc.) from where the UEFI firmware launches the UEFI
> > bootloader and application. It is a OS independent partition that acts as
> > the storage place for the EFI bootloaders and applications which the
> > firmware launches them. *It is mandatory for UEFI boot.*"
> >
> > So perhaps last time it found it automatically?
>
> Yes, it did.
>
> If I am supposed to mount it explicitly, where should it be mounted? At
> /mnt/boot ?
>
> If this is the case, please, add this step to the installation manual.
>
> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Luca Bruno <lethalman88 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On 28/04/2014 13:50, José Romildo Malaquias wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 06:30:12AM +0200, Wout Mertens wrote:
> > > >> It looks like you are trying to do a UEFI boot but not providing the
> > > >> correct partition mounted in /boot.
> > > >>
> > > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gummiboot#Updating
> > > > The installation guide does not mention the need to mount /boot
> before
> > > > installation. The above link refers to installing Gummiboot on
> > > > archlinux, where the OS has already been installed, which is a very
> > > > different situation.
> > > >
> > > > Besides that, when installing NixOS from the installation media,
> there
> > > > is alread a /boot directory, although it probably refers to the boot
> > > > from the installation media, not the one for the installed system.
> > > >
> > > > And in a previous installation I have done a few months ago, it
> worked
> > > > without the need of any additional action regarding /boot.
> > > >
> > > > So it seems there is a bug in the installation process.
> > > I've had the same problem. The fact is that the installation guide does
> > > not mention that you need a /boot partition. It assumes everything
> under
> > > / and that's not a bug per se.
> > > Perhaps some note might be added about the fact that any dir that is in
> > > another partition has to be mounted, with an example.
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