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@c3Ls1US c3Ls1US commented Sep 29, 2023

Fixes #246

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arch: install image and kernel at /efi
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Fixes anatol#246

In Arch Linux, we currently build and install the initramfs/kernel at /boot and assume that's the layout of the users' system. However, if /boot does not exists then the script will fail, thus leaving it up to the user to build the image and install at a boot path like /efi manually.
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c3Ls1US commented Sep 29, 2023
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# find out all installed kernels
mapfile -d '' kernels < <(find /usr/lib/modules -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name "modules" -print0)

# paths to boot partition for the initramfs image and kernel
boot_paths=("/efi" "/boot")
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/boot/efi is technically also a valid boot partition path for systemd and from the mkinitcpio presets it appears Arch Linux assumes /efi by default. Since boot paths should be distribution dependent, choosing not to include /boot/efi

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anatol commented Sep 29, 2023

Thank you! The change looks reasonable.

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Zile995 commented Oct 7, 2023 •
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The Arch Linux user actually needs to choose whether ESP will be mounted to /boot or /efi , ie. to decide whether initramfs will be installed on the ESP or the /boot directory (root partition)

For example, amd-ucode and intel-ucode are always installed in the /boot directory...
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/linux-firmware/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads#L111
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/intel-ucode/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads#L28
mkinitcpio also installs initramfs there by default, right?

So why change?

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c3Ls1US commented Oct 11, 2023

The Arch Linux user actually needs to choose whether ESP will be mounted to /boot or /efi , ie. to decide whether initramfs will be installed on the ESP or the /boot directory (root partition)

For example, amd-ucode and intel-ucode are always installed in the /boot directory... https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/linux-firmware/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads#L111 https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/intel-ucode/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads#L28 mkinitcpio also installs initramfs there by default, right?

So why change?

I'm closing this PR in favor of aligning to the distribution's current default paths. Going against the distro's standards just makes life harder and not having /boot doesn't appear to be common.

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systemd-boot now can default to /efi as the folder for initramfs images. How does booster cope with that?
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