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# TO BE REMOVED BY NEXT RELEASE >8.0.0
## NOTE: this is under construction, several discrepancies, missing explanations, and
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`mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdXY (for example and where X = disk letter and Y = the partiton number)`
`mkdir /mnt/boot`
`mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi`
`mount /dev/sdXY /boot`
`mount /dev/sdXY /boot/efi`
`pacman -Syu linux-lts limine`
`mv /boot/limine/limine.cfg /boot/limine/limine.cfg.jobopkg`
`mv /boot/efi/limine/limine.conf /boot/efi/limine/limine.conf.jobopkg`
`nano /boot/limine/limine.cfg `
`nano /boot/efi/limine/limine.conf `
and add:
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`KERNEL_PATH=boot:///vmlinuz-linux-lts`
`CMDLINE=root=UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx ro net.ifnames=0 ipv6.disable=1 init=/usr/bin/runit-init`
`CMDLINE=root=UUID=xxxxx-xxxxx ro net.ifnames=0 ipv6.disable=1 init=/usr/bin/runit-init`
`MODULE_PATH=boot:///{amd,intel}-ucode.img`
`MODULE_PATH=boot:///initramfs-linux-lts.img`
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#### Installing Limine on a new UEFI installation
Step 0: The following command should be run outside (if non-systemd) and inside the chroot:
Step 0: The following command should be run outside and inside the chroot:
mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
(if the host was booted from an efi system)
Steps 1 through 8 apply to a new UEFI installation as well but steps 1-5 are very familiar to UEFI setups and don’t really need instructions here.
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`mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars`
`mkdir -p /boot/EFI/BOOT`
`mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT`
`cp /usr/share/limine/BOOTX64.EFI /boot/EFI/BOOT/`
`cp /usr/share/limine/BOOTX64.EFI /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/`
`efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/sdX --part Y --loader ‘EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI’ --label ‘Limine Boot Manager’ --unicode`
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Installing limine on an existing system with GRUB can also be done but limine does not replace or reorder the efibootmgr entries but I’ll leave that for another day.
Installing limine on an existing system with GRUB can also be done but limine does not replace or reorder the efibootmgr entries.