I saw no options. The iso image on the USB drive booted without any problem or selection. DOes it matter that this is a May 1 2014 installation iso? Alan On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Mark Lee <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 05/01/2014 06:54 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > > I am now walking through the install step by step. Initially, it is > > suggested (in the Beginner's Guide) to test whether efivars is mounted. > I > > ran > > > > mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars > > > > And got this message: > > > > mount: mount point /sys.....efivars does not exist. > > > > I don't knolw whether this is good or bad news. > > I tested for UEFI in Windows. The result was positive. > > > > This is kind of what I mean, that there are so > > many shades and variations. > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> What is the "EFISTUB bug"? > >> > >> Alan > >> > >> > >> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> > >>> I'm staying tuned. > >>> > >>> Alan > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Delcypher <delcypher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 1 May 2014 23:35, Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> On 01/05/14 06:28 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > >>>>>> After already chrooting, during the Arch installation process, I saw > >>>> some > >>>>>> information that suggested to use a command, as follows: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars > >>>>> > >>>>> You don't need to do this, so I'm not sure where you're getting this > >>>>> information. Adding an EFI entry is optional since it already > installs > >>>>> itself as the fallback loader too. You can install an EFI loader > >>>> without > >>>>> being booted via EFI. > >>>> > >>>> It's at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI#Mount_efivarfs > >>>> > >>>>> It's certainly a lot simpler than using grub... you don't seem to > want > >>>>> it to work so obviously it's not going to work, since you're going > out > >>>>> of your way to ignore the instructions. > >>>> > >>>> It is unless you're one of the people effected by the EFISTUB bug like > >>>> myself. So I'm currently using GRUB2. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > Salutations, > > You need to boot into UEFI mode. So when you're loading the Arch Linux > ISO, make sure you select to boot into UEFI mode (usually an option in > the boot menu) > > Regards, > Mark > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > > iF4EAREIAAYFAlNi0ScACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/aG2QD+J3nw8NrglCi3vuS4jOAk9may > o9b0rmb9YTTO7/cmXqUA/18m9G+7kx585OgR5t+Nr+NZue+IYy3qtPWn8J2t7eIk > =YCQj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
