On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:57:10 -0400 Christian Demsar <vixsomnis@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015, at 10:17 PM, mick wrote: > > The disk is currently split into 11 partitions > > part size code name > > [...] > > 2 260mb EF00 EFI system partition > > [...] > > when installing I have only used partitions 9, 10 & 11. partitions 1 - > > 8 were on the disc from the windows pre-install and shrunk to make way > > for linux. > > If you didn't mount your ESP (EFI System Partition), then that's why > your installation failed. > > You need to mount the partition of type EF00 (EFI System Partition) on > /boot. By the looks of it, it's your second partition (if your drive is > /dev/sda, then most likely /dev/sda2). > > Follow this after you have the partition mounted correctly: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-boot#EFI_boot > > Unless you really need GRUB, you should use bootctl. the original grub was a big advance for its time but has now it has thrown away its greatest advantage over lilo (open the grub.cfg, edit, save reboot - no compiling the config). NowI hate it. Many thanks to Tobias,Maxwell & Christian, I have now sorted it out. The key mistake was not mounting the ESP partition. For myself, I found the instructions were not as clear as they could be. Perhaps someone who knows better than I could look at them with a critical eye. mick
