Maybe your EFI partition has the wrong flags?
How do I check and fix?
You can see the flags with sudo parted -l. You should see boot, esp
Yup, there it is without boot and esp
~
❯ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for neo:
Model: ATA ST1000LM035-1RK1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2097kB 317MB 315MB fat32 boot, esp
2 317MB 1000GB 1000GB root
Model: WD Blue SN570 250GB (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 106MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp, no_automount
2 106MB 123MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres, no_automount
3 123MB 55.6GB 55.5GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
5 55.6GB 56.7GB 1074MB fat32 bls_boot
4 56.7GB 250GB 193GB btrfs
what should be done?
Use parted to set the boot flag.
Instructions are here:
I am a bit afraid to touch that now when things are working. Can I leave it as it is or is there any risk?
As long as everything is working, you can leave it.
Just pay attention to your updates. Make sure you aren’t getting errors when systemd updates.
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