On Thu, 30 May 2019 09:38:12 -0700 stan <upaitag@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 29 May 2019 12:12:12 -0700 > Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Progress report: > > I deleted the mbr using gdisk, and put the proper type on the existing > linux partitions, and the install succeeded. I think it was failing > to install because the installer was confused by the labels on the > existing linux partitions not being linux, rather than the mbr. > There are entries in the /boot/loader/entries directory, so it is > BLS. It failed to boot, though, and I am still investigating that. > Looks like this now: > > Device Start End Sectors Size Type > /dev/sda1 2097152 4194303 2097152 1G Linux filesystem > /dev/sda2 4194304 6291455 2097152 1G Linux filesystem > /dev/sda3 6291456 48234495 41943040 20G Linux swap > /dev/sda4 48234496 572522495 524288000 250G Linux filesystem > /dev/sda5 572522496 1096810495 524288000 250G Linux filesystem > /dev/sda6 1096810496 5860532223 4763721728 2.2T Linux filesystem > /dev/sda8 6144 2097151 2091008 1021M EFI System > > > The installer can only go with the mode it was booted in. For one > > thing, if you aren't in UEFI mode, there is no way to configure the > > boot loader entry. > > Maybe this is why it isn't booting, because it didn't declare itself > in UEFI mode during install. Something for me to look into. Do you > know how to examine the /boot/efi partition? Mount keeps telling me > that I am trying to mount it incorrectly, > mount -t vfat /dev/sda8 /mnt/to_efi > dr-xr-xr-x. 2 0 0 system_u:object_r:mnt_t:s0 4096 May 30 > 09:33 /mnt/to_efi Is there a special type for /boot/efi even though > it is vfat? # mount -t vfat /dev/sda8 /mnt/to_efi mount: /mnt/to_efi: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda8, missing codepage or helper program, or other error. _______________________________________________ test mailing list -- test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
