Running gdisk, this message: Found valid GPT with protective MBR: using GPT. On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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----- >> > >
