On Wed, 29 May 2019 12:12:12 -0700
Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> 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?