Hello list, I'm trying to fix my system boot arrangements. I did have a fully working system, but something happened a few weeks ago and now I'm struggling. This is what I have at the moment:
# grep nvm /etc/fstab /dev/nvme0n1p4 / ext4 defaults,relatime 1 1 /dev/nvme0n1p2 /boot vfat discard,noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/nvme0n1p5 /var ext4 defaults,relatime 1 2 /dev/nvme0n1p6 /home ext4 defaults,relatime 1 2 /dev/nvme0n1p7 /home/prh/common ext4 defaults,relatime 1 3 /dev/nvme0n1p8 /usr/local ext4 defaults,relatime 1 2 [...] # tree /boot /boot ├── config-4.19.72-gentoo ├── early_ucode.cpio ├── EFI │ ├── boot │ │ └── bootx64.efi │ └── Gentoo │ └── vmlinuz-4.19.72.efi ├── intel-uc.img ├── loader │ ├── entries │ │ ├── 30-gentoo-4.19.72.conf │ │ ├── 32-gentoo-4.19.72.nox.conf │ │ └── 34-gentoo-4.19.72.nonet.conf │ └── loader.conf ├── System.map-4.19.72-gentoo └── vmlinuz-4.19.72-gentoo # cat /boot/loader/loader.conf default 30-gentoo-4.19.72 timeout 15 # cat /boot/loader/entries/30-gentoo-4.19.72.conf title Gentoo Linux 4.19.72 linux /vmlinuz-4.19.72-gentoo options root=/dev/nvme0n1p4 initrd=/intel-uc.img net.ifnames=0 # efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0000 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0000,0003,0001,0002 Boot0000* Gentoo Linux Boot0001* CD/DVD Drive Boot0002* Hard Drive Boot0003* UEFI OS Now, I can make the system bootable by issuing the following commands: # efibootmgr -b 0 -B # efibootmgr --disk /dev/nvme0n1 --part 2 --create --label "Gentoo Linux" -- loader '\EFI\Gentoo\vmlinuz-4.19.72.efi' --unicode 'root=/dev/nvme0n1p4 initrd=/intel-uc.img net.ifnames=0' At the next reboot, the UEFI BIOS starts the system directly; it doesn't show a menu of boot images. But I want that list so that I can choose which image to boot. Now if I repeat those last two commands but with "--unicode '...'" omitted, expecting those values to be picked up from /boot/loader/entries/30- gentoo-4.19.72.conf, the BIOS starts some unconfigured kernel - which panics because it can't find its filesystem. Again, it doesn't show me a menu, just goes for it. I may have the directory layout wrong under /boot, and that may be my problem. I think I used a layout from systemd-boot, which I no longer use. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Do I have to go back to bootctl from systemd-boot? -- Regards, Peter.
