On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 07:04:41PM +0200, Wout Mertens wrote: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#EFI_System_Partition > > "The EFI System Partition (also called ESP or EFISYS) is a *FAT32 formatted > physical partition* (in the main partition table of the disk, not LVM or > software raid etc.) from where the UEFI firmware launches the UEFI > bootloader and application. It is a OS independent partition that acts as > the storage place for the EFI bootloaders and applications which the > firmware launches them. *It is mandatory for UEFI boot.*" > > So perhaps last time it found it automatically?
Yes, it did. If I am supposed to mount it explicitly, where should it be mounted? At /mnt/boot ? If this is the case, please, add this step to the installation manual. > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Luca Bruno <lethalma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 28/04/2014 13:50, José Romildo Malaquias wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 06:30:12AM +0200, Wout Mertens wrote: > > >> It looks like you are trying to do a UEFI boot but not providing the > > >> correct partition mounted in /boot. > > >> > > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gummiboot#Updating > > > The installation guide does not mention the need to mount /boot before > > > installation. The above link refers to installing Gummiboot on > > > archlinux, where the OS has already been installed, which is a very > > > different situation. > > > > > > Besides that, when installing NixOS from the installation media, there > > > is alread a /boot directory, although it probably refers to the boot > > > from the installation media, not the one for the installed system. > > > > > > And in a previous installation I have done a few months ago, it worked > > > without the need of any additional action regarding /boot. > > > > > > So it seems there is a bug in the installation process. > > I've had the same problem. The fact is that the installation guide does > > not mention that you need a /boot partition. It assumes everything under > > / and that's not a bug per se. > > Perhaps some note might be added about the fact that any dir that is in > > another partition has to be mounted, with an example. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
