"An EFI System Partition configured incorrectly"

Issues & Assistance
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I am trying to install Cachy on this SSD (I can’t use a second SSD unfortunately):


Device              Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1       2048     206847     204800   100M Microsoft basic data [WINDOWS EFI]
/dev/nvme0n1p2     206848     239615      32768    16M Microsoft reserved [some Windows foo]
/dev/nvme0n1p3     239616  197401997  197162382    94G Microsoft basic data [D: drive]
/dev/nvme0n1p4  197402624  302260223  104857600    50G Microsoft basic data [C: drive]
/dev/nvme0n1p5 1790691328 2000406527  209715200   100G Microsoft basic data [Windows revovery partition]
/dev/nvme0n1p6  302260224  306259967    3999744   1.9G EFI System [this shall be my ESP!!]
/dev/nvme0n1p7  306259968  515975167  209715200   100G Linux filesystem [this shall be my / ]
/dev/nvme0n1p8  515975168 1790691327 1274716160 607.8G Linux filesystem [this shall be my /home]

Now when I use “Manual Partitioning” in Calamares and set it all up like so:

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I want it to use nvme0n1p6 as EFI System Partition (it is set to /boot, right?)

But when I press next, I get this error message:

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What am I missing here?

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But must be at least 2GB ?

3

Hrmpf, really? :smile:

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That solved that one error. Unfortunately, I get an “Installation Failed” now but I’ll open another thread on that.

5

Did you also set it as boot when creating?

(In addition to setting the mount point)

It looks like you did based on the printout…but confirming.

the 2GB thing isn’t quite a hard limit - I actually install with an unbootable partition setup in the installer, clicking through this warning, and it still places the bootloader that I choose at the right place in the filesystem…even if it’s useless for booting.

Seems like a bunch of people having bootloader issues currently. My (zfs-centric) approach would probably/possibly work, or manually installing another bootloader of your choice after the install.

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I set the according flag in the GUI, yes.

Well, at least Calamares started working after I resized the ESP with gparted… here is my current problem, though. Maybe you have an idea on that, too?