Dual Boot went south (no more eOS 😭)

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 1:45pm

Hey

btrfs, luks, systemd-boot, dracut… dual-boot eOS/zindoz (well, I know, right…)

Following some shenanigans, I think windows kind of rebuilt the efi partition or something, well, anyway, I don’t have the multiboot option anymore, and cannot boot into eOS as it goes straight to zindoz.

So,

live iso

decrypt partition

then:

[liveuser@eos-2025.02.08 ~]$ sudo mount -o subvol=@ /dev/mapper/nvme0n1p5_crypt /mnt
[liveuser@eos-2025.02.08 ~]$ sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/efi
[liveuser@eos-2025.02.08 ~]$ sudo arch-chroot /mnt
[root@EndeavourOS /]#

and

[root@EndeavourOS /]# bootctl install
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi".
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI".
⚠ Mount point '/efi' which backs the random seed file is world accessible, which is a security hole! ⚠
⚠ Random seed file '/efi/loader/random-seed' is world accessible, which is a security hole! ⚠
Random seed file /efi/loader/random-seed successfully refreshed (32 bytes).

but :

[root@EndeavourOS /]# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=3E8F-28DC                            /efi           vfat    fmask=0137,dmask=0027 0 2
/dev/mapper/luks-ca4c4be1-37fe-468a-9061-520dee85a95a /              btrfs   subvol=/@,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-ca4c4be1-37fe-468a-9061-520dee85a95a /home          btrfs   subvol=/@home,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-ca4c4be1-37fe-468a-9061-520dee85a95a /var/cache     btrfs   subvol=/@cache,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-ca4c4be1-37fe-468a-9061-520dee85a95a /var/log       btrfs   subvol=/@log,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

fstab is ok no?
so I unmounted and remounted efi, with the permissions (shall I have done that?):

[root@EndeavourOS /]# umount /dev/nvme0n1p1
[root@EndeavourOS /]# mount -o fmask=0137,dmask=0027 /dev/nvme0n1p1 /efi
[root@EndeavourOS /]# bootctl install
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi".
Copied "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" to "/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI".
Random seed file /efi/loader/random-seed successfully refreshed (32 bytes).

But no, that doesn’t change anything, still no boot menu or anything straight to zindoz, checked the bios, no way to make it boot on anything else, nothing shows-up but the windows boot manager on the nvme.

So, I did it again and reinstalled kernels (and rebuilt the initramfs if my understanding is correct) too, with:

[root@EndeavourOS /]# reinstall-kernels

but still no luck…

What do I miss ?

dalto · February 21, 2025, 2:05pm

linuxislife:

Mount point '/efi' which backs the random seed file is world accessible, which is a security hole! ⚠
⚠ Random seed file '/efi/loader/random-seed' is world accessible, which is a security hole! ⚠
Random seed file /efi/loader/random-seed successfully refreshed (32 bytes).

This is normal. It is just related to how you mounted the EFI partition when building the chroot.

It is a warning, it doesn’t hurt anything.

Looks fine

What does efibootmgr show?

Perhaps the EFI order is wrong?

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 2:38pm

[liveuser@eos-2025.02.08 ~]$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0018
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0016,0018,000D,000A,0017,000B
Boot000A  CD/DVD Drive  BBS(CDROM,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,0300)0000474f00004e4fc300000008000000850048004c002d00440054002d00530054002000440056004400520041004d00200047005500440030004e000000050109000300000000010416008b12e85cec2cf040837280640e3dc85803007fff040002010c00d041030a0000000001010600001703120a000200ffff00007fff040001043e00ef47642dc93ba041ac194d51d01b4ce65a004b0048003100370043003300320033003200200039002000200020002000200020002000200000007fff04000000424f
Boot000B  Hard Drive    BBS(HD,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,0200)0000474f00004e4fcd00000008000000910050004e005900200043005300330030003300300020003500300030004700420020005300530044000000050109000200000000010416008b12e85cec2cf040837280640e3dc85802007fff040002010c00d041030a0000000001010600001b01010600000003171000010000006479a749d05001597fff040001043e00ef47642dc93ba041ac194d51d01b4ce650004e0059003200310031003000320031003000330030003400300031003000350039004200310000007fff04000000424f
Boot000D  UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell      VenMedia(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012)0000424f
Boot0016* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,102bf430-dbb6-4f07-9ec9-4c46b3b6f51f,0x800,0x1f4000)/\EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI0000424f
Boot0017  USB KEY       BBS(HD,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,0b00)0000474f00004e4fb500000008000000730053006f006e0079002000530074006f00720061006700650020004d006500640069006100200030003100300030000000050109000200000000010416008b12e85cec2cf040837280640e3dc8580b007fff040002010c00d041030a000000000101060000140305060003007fff040001043000ef47642dc93ba041ac194d51d01b4ce6350041003000390031003200320031003100370033003100310000007fff04000000424f
Boot0018* UEFI: Sony Storage Media 0100 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(3,0)/CDROM(1,0x593ce0,0x16210)0000424f

dalto · February 21, 2025, 2:46pm

What happens if you enter your BIOS boot menu and select “Hard Drive”?

Remove the USB first.

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 2:50pm

I did, in the bios I removed everything but the SSD, same, then I even physically removed the HDDs and everything that were there, and… same…

what if I erase what’s inside efi and redo bootctl install and reinstall-kernels, I assume I won’t be able to boot zindoz, for sure, but will it put eOS back on tracks?
(i dunno is it possible there’s something in there from windoz that takes precedence over linux?)

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 4:37pm

does it look like it should ?

ls -alR /efi

[root@EndeavourOS /]# ls -alR /efi
/efi:
total 16
drwxr-x--- 5 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  128 Jan  5 17:26 ..
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 Feb 20 12:09 83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c
drwxr-x--- 6 root root 4096 May 20  2024 EFI
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 loader

/efi/83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c:
total 16
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 Feb 20 12:09 .
drwxr-x--- 5 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 ..
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 6.12.15-1-lts
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 6.13.3-arch1-1

/efi/83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c/6.12.15-1-lts:
total 93816
drwxr-x--- 2 root root     4096 Feb 21 16:04 .
drwxr-x--- 4 root root     4096 Feb 20 12:09 ..
-rw-r----- 1 root root 19057497 Feb 21 16:04 initrd
-rw-r----- 1 root root 63200816 Feb 21 16:04 initrd-fallback
-rw-r----- 1 root root 13795840 Feb 21 16:04 linux

/efi/83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c/6.13.3-arch1-1:
total 93772
drwxr-x--- 2 root root     4096 Feb 21 16:04 .
drwxr-x--- 4 root root     4096 Feb 20 12:09 ..
-rw-r----- 1 root root 19089078 Feb 21 16:04 initrd
-rw-r----- 1 root root 63041968 Feb 21 16:04 initrd-fallback
-rw-r----- 1 root root 13873664 Feb 21 16:04 linux

/efi/EFI:
total 24
drwxr-x--- 6 root root 4096 May 20  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 5 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 ..
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 BOOT
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 May 20  2024 Linux
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 May 20  2024 Microsoft
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 systemd

/efi/EFI/BOOT:
total 132
drwxr-x--- 2 root root   4096 Feb 21 16:04 .
drwxr-x--- 6 root root   4096 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r----- 1 root root 123904 Feb 13 20:09 BOOTX64.EFI

/efi/EFI/Linux:
total 8
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 May 20  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 6 root root 4096 May 20  2024 ..

/efi/EFI/Microsoft:
total 20
drwxr-x---  4 root root 4096 May 20  2024 .
drwxr-x---  6 root root 4096 May 20  2024 ..
drwxr-x--- 38 root root 8192 May 20  2024 Boot
drwxr-x---  2 root root 4096 Jun 27  2024 Recovery

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot:
total 6112
drwxr-x--- 38 root root    8192 May 20  2024 .
drwxr-x---  4 root root    4096 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root    8192 Feb 21 15:28 BCD
-rw-r-----  1 root root    8192 May 20  2024 BCD.LOG
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 bg-BG
-rw-r-----  1 root root 1598968 Jan 28 13:15 bootmgfw.efi
-rw-r-----  1 root root 1582576 Jan 28 13:15 bootmgr.efi
-rw-r-----  1 root root   65536 Jan 28 14:26 BOOTSTAT.DAT
-rw-r-----  1 root root   11030 May 19  2024 boot.stl
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 cs-CZ
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 da-DK
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 de-DE
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 el-GR
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 en-GB
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 en-US
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 es-ES
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 es-MX
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 et-EE
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 fi-FI
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 fr-CA
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 fr-FR
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 hr-HR
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 hu-HU
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 it-IT
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 ja-JP
-rw-r-----  1 root root   32744 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_10df.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root  380376 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_10ec.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   27624 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_1137.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root  241112 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_14e4.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   45552 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_15b3.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   45544 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_1969.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   32728 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_19a2.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   21480 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_1af4.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root  299496 Nov 15  2023 kd_02_8086.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   19936 Nov 15  2023 kd_07_1415.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   50144 Nov 15  2023 kd_0C_8086.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   18920 Nov 15  2023 kdnet_uart16550.dll
-rw-r-----  1 root root   28648 Nov 15  2023 kdstub.dll
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 ko-KR
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 lt-LT
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 lv-LV
-rw-r-----  1 root root 1376240 Jan 28 13:15 memtest.efi
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 nb-NO
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 nl-NL
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 pl-PL
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 pt-BR
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 pt-PT
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 Dec  7  2019 qps-ploc
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 ro-RO
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 ru-RU
-rw-r-----  1 root root  162192 Jan 28 13:15 SecureBootRecovery.efi
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 sk-SK
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 sl-SI
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 sr-Latn-RS
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 sv-SE
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 tr-TR
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 uk-UA
-rw-r-----  1 root root    9796 Dec  7  2019 winsipolicy.p7b
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 zh-CN
drwxr-x---  2 root root    4096 May 19  2024 zh-TW

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bg-BG:
total 180
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82312 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82304 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/cs-CZ:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81264 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81392 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45576 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/da-DK:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80240 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80352 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45584 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/de-DE:
total 228
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 84464 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 84464 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 46120 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/el-GR:
total 228
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 85368 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 85376 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 46600 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/en-GB:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 78320 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 78304 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/en-US:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 78320 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 78192 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45072 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/es-ES:
total 228
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82400 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82304 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45880 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/es-MX:
total 180
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82296 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82304 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/et-EE:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 79232 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 79328 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fi-FI:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81280 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81280 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45584 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fr-CA:
total 180
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 83840 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 83952 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fr-FR:
total 228
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 84352 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 84464 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 46096 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/hr-HR:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81272 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81280 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/hu-HU:
total 228
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 84464 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 84448 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 46096 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/it-IT:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81800 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81888 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45584 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ja-JP:
total 200
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 70512 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 70536 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 43016 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ko-KR:
total 200
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 70008 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 70000 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 43024 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/lt-LT:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80256 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80368 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/lv-LV:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80248 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80240 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/nb-NO:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 79752 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 79752 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45584 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/nl-NL:
total 228
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82400 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82288 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45368 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pl-PL:
total 228
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82808 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 82912 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 46096 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pt-BR:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81272 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81280 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45584 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pt-PT:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81288 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81376 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 46096 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/qps-ploc:
total 68
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 Dec  7  2019 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 54072 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ro-RO:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80864 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80880 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ru-RU:
total 216
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81776 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81888 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 44856 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sk-SK:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81800 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81888 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sl-SI:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80768 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80768 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sr-Latn-RS:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81904 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81776 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sv-SE:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80760 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80880 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45072 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/tr-TR:
total 220
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80240 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 80352 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 45584 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/uk-UA:
total 172
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81784 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 81888 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-CN:
total 192
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 66016 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 65904 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 42512 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-TW:
total 192
drwxr-x---  2 root root  4096 May 19  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 38 root root  8192 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r-----  1 root root 65904 Jul 10  2024 bootmgfw.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 66016 Jul 10  2024 bootmgr.efi.mui
-rw-r-----  1 root root 42512 Dec  7  2019 memtest.efi.mui

/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Recovery:
total 8
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Jun 27  2024 .
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 May 20  2024 ..

/efi/EFI/systemd:
total 132
drwxr-x--- 2 root root   4096 Feb 21 16:04 .
drwxr-x--- 6 root root   4096 May 20  2024 ..
-rw-r----- 1 root root 123904 Feb 13 20:09 systemd-bootx64.efi

/efi/loader:
total 28
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 .
drwxr-x--- 5 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 ..
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 12:09 entries
-rw-r----- 1 root root    6 May 20  2024 entries.srel
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 23:10 keys
-rw-r----- 1 root root   63 May 22  2024 loader.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root root   32 Feb 21 16:04 random-seed

/efi/loader/entries:
total 24
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 12:09 .
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 ..
-rw-r----- 1 root root  644 Feb 21 16:04 83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c-6.12.15-1-lts.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root root  684 Feb 21 16:04 83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c-6.12.15-1-lts-fallback.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root root  648 Feb 21 16:04 83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c-6.13.3-arch1-1.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root root  688 Feb 21 16:04 83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c-6.13.3-arch1-1-fallback.conf

/efi/loader/keys:
total 8
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 23:10 .
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 ..

idk it’s my first real time using systemd-boot and dracut

dalto · February 21, 2025, 4:44pm

It all looks fine.

The issue is with your BIOS/firmware.

You are not only missing the entry for the “Linux Boot Manager” but you are also missing the entry for fallback/default entry. That is abnormal.

Is it possible you deleted something in the BIOS you should not have?

Also, have you confirmed that secureboot is still disabled?

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 4:47pm

yes I did confirm secureboot disabled, fastboot too.

I’m not sure I understand “deleted something in the BIOS”

in the result of efibootmgr you mean ?

what “controls” that ?

jputnam · February 21, 2025, 4:51pm

Following just because this sounds like a situation I will be in shortly. Sounds broke enough to qualify.

thefrog · February 21, 2025, 4:53pm

The Op stated that he thinks a Windows update is the culprit for this. Could have Windows deleted the bios entry? I have to admit I would not be surprised if they did but I didn’t think they changed anything in the bios on an Update.

sothis6881 · February 21, 2025, 4:54pm

That’s very possible. This same situation happened to me as well. I decided to leave my Windows drive unplugged from the computer until I absolutely have to boot into it.

dalto · February 21, 2025, 4:54pm

It is possible that Windows deleted the entry but running bootctl install would have re-added it.

Also, I have never seen Windows delete the fallback entry. I don’t think it would do that.

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 4:56pm

as far as I know nothing was changed in the bios indeed, neither by me nor by zindoz.
(and it is an old motherboard with no bios update anymore)
I did review extensively all the bios parameters, looks fine to me

why did it not, if I may ask

2 distinct drives is definitely a good idea

sothis6881 · February 21, 2025, 4:57pm

There’s a first time for everything?

thefrog · February 21, 2025, 4:58pm

Yeah I forgot he said he ran bootctl install after. I was just thinking about MS’s access for their Update. Glad I no longer have this headache.

dalto · February 21, 2025, 4:59pm

It generally indicates a firmware/BIOS issue.

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 7:48pm

I “erased” /efi, so nothing shows up in bios of course (and I mean I say “bios” from the beginning but it’s UEFI mode, right), wonderful, and went back to liveOS,
reinstall-kernels bootctl install
and then when I reboot a menu shows up… with only one entry ----> reboot to firmware…

dalto · February 21, 2025, 7:56pm

You need to run reinstall-kernels after bootctl install

linuxislife · February 21, 2025, 8:03pm

No the contrary I think, kernels → bootctl

is that why?

and…

when I look in /efi initframs aren’t there, and there is a /boot directory on my / partition with 2 images (shouldn’t it be 4 btw if I have linux kernel + lts if you add the fallback ?) next to intel-microcode.

linuxislife:

/efi/83b590f185f2405ca239032d249de10c:
total 16
drwxr-x--- 4 root root 4096 Feb 20 12:09 .
drwxr-x--- 5 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 ..
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 6.12.15-1-lts
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 16:04 6.13.3-arch1-1

i.e. that’s not there anymore

Do I mess up when I mount the partitions before I chroot ?

dalto · February 21, 2025, 8:05pm

Maybe, but it also could be because you ran reinstall-kernels first. That is definitely not the correct order.

Try re-running it.

Also, make sure you are mounting the Linux EFI partition and not the Windows one.