must be ef00 not msftdata efi
@dalto
The second last step didnât run either. Are you suppose to run it from the current place you are in after the makepkg -i
Or am i supposed to do that from the normal open terminal user
It doesnât matter where you run it from. What do you mean it âdidnât runâ, what specific error did you get?
Also, did you fix all the earlier stuff? If anything doesnât work the subsequent steps will also not work.
[ricklinux@eos-xfce ~]$ sudo #!/usr/bin/env bash
# Find the configured esp
esp=$(bootctl -p)
# Prepare the efi partition for kernel-install
machineid=$(cat /etc/machine-id)
if [[ ${machineid} ]]; then
mkdir ${esp}/${machineid}
else
echo "Failed to get the machine ID"
fi
# Run kernel install for all the installed kernels
while read -r kernel; do
kernelversion=$(basename "${kernel%/vmlinuz}")
echo "Installing kernel ${kernelversion}"
kernel-install add ${kernelversion} ${kernel}
done < <(find /usr/lib/modules -maxdepth 2 -type f -name vmlinuz)
usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -V
usage: sudo -v [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-u user]
usage: sudo -l [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-U user] [-u user]
[command]
usage: sudo [-AbEHknPS] [-C num] [-D directory] [-g group] [-h host] [-p
prompt] [-R directory] [-T timeout] [-u user] [VAR=value] [-i|-s]
[<command>]
usage: sudo -e [-AknS] [-C num] [-D directory] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt]
[-R directory] [-T timeout] [-u user] file ...
mkdir: cannot create directory â/efi/2d4b045e204a44ef944ef9836c283074â: Permission denied
Installing kernel 5.11.11-arch1-1
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.dep.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.dep.bin.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.alias.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.alias.bin.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.softdep.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.symbols.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.symbols.bin.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.builtin.bin.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.builtin.alias.bin.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
depmod: ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/5.11.11-arch1-1, modules.devname.3592.227065.1617466559, 301, 644): Permission denied
==> ERROR: Unable to write to path: `/efi/2d4b045e204a44ef944ef9836c283074/5.11.11-arch1-1/initrd'
==> ERROR: Unable to write to path: `/efi/2d4b045e204a44ef944ef9836c283074/5.11.11-arch1-1/initrd-fallback'
[ricklinux@eos-xfce ~]$
sudo doesnât work like that.
Save it as a script, convert.sh. Then run sudo bash ./convert.sh
Can you explain that. Iâm bash illiterate!
Are you saying that i use wget to download the script and then i have to run it from terminal as.
sudo ./ xxxxxx
Sure.
That is a script.
- Open an editor.
- Copy and paste the contents into the editor.
- Save the file as
convert.sh - From the terminal,
cdto the location where you saved the file - Type
sudo bash ./convert.sh
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Do i have to chmod the file? It wonât run.
Edit: Sorry I labeled the file wrong? 
Okay i got it working. The fall back entry is first in the menu but it works. The only issue Iâm having is it wonât size v-box properly but thatâs a v-box thing.
@dalto
Thanks ⌠I learned a few more things.
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@dalto
Are you going to put this in Discovery as a wiki?
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@dalto
Iâm running this v-box on Arch. I get this when run updates in v-box of EndeavourOS that i tried systemd boot.
[ricklinux@eos-xfce ~]$ yay
[sudo] password for ricklinux:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
endeavouros is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: Searching AUR for updates...
-> Missing AUR Packages: eos-systemd-boot
there is nothing to do
[ricklinux@eos-xfce ~]$
Edit: Is that because your github package isnât in the repo?
Yes, that is what AUR helpers do when you install a package that isnât in the repos or AUR.
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An excellent tutorial, detailed, easy to follow. Now, I donât have any intention to convert to systemd-boot just yet, but if did, I would be very grateful for such a wonderful tutorial! 
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Purely out of interest, I always use systemd-boot and I always use /boot as my esp.
Yes it is an excellent tutorial and i just wanted to try it. I donât have a lot of bash knowledge so i like to try different things that i know little about. Thatâs the way i learn. I really want to learn more bash skills. This is one of the reasons i find the Arch wiki so annoying because they assume everyone knows what they are talking about when they leave most of the critical how to out of the equation and just give you the technical info. Thatâs the way i see it any how. Stuff that i know is easy. Well most of the time. Sometimes i forget because i never write things down. 
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<off-topic>
Youâll learn bash by doing. And reading tutorials help too.
Easiest may be to start your own small bash projects, e.g. writing some useful functions into your ~/.bashrc.
</off-topic>
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This is the only real issue I have with systemd-boot.
Grub2 allows all kernels and grub config to reside inside a luks encrypted partition, systemd-boot forces these files to be in the unencrypted esp partition.
The only system unencrypted file, ideally, should be the efi stub.
Good tutorial though.
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Yes. For me, it is isnât a problem because all I care about encrypting is my data. However, if you have a need/want to protect more than that, I can see why you would prefer grub for that use case. For example, if you were trying to hide what OS you are running.
More about protecting crucial parts of the OS, kernels and bootloader config, than hiding the specific Linux variant being run.