Arch Uefi

partitions layout

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
  1            2048         2099199   1024.0 MiB  EF00  EFI System
  2         2099200        10487807   4.0 GiB     8200  Linux swap
  3        10487808        62914526   25.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

format

• mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1

• mkswap /dev/sda2

• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

mount and swapon

• mount /dev/sda3 /mnt

• mkdir /mnt/boot

• mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

install tools

• pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools

grub-install

• grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=arch_grub --recheck --debug

locale

mkdir -p /boot/grub/locale cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo

uefi startfix

echo '\EFI\arch_grub\grubx64.efi' > /boot/startup.nsh

• https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/UEFI_Installation
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/566315/virtualbox-boots-only-in-uefi-interactive-shell