On Thu, 30 May 2019 11:50:20 -0700 Samuel Sieb samuel@sieb.net wrote:
On 5/30/19 9:52 AM, stan wrote:
# mount -t vfat /dev/sda8 /mnt/to_efi mount: /mnt/to_efi: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda8, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
Check the journal to see if there is any more info. Also, run "file -s /dev/sda8" to see what is there.
# file -s /dev/sda8 /dev/sda8: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x58+2, OEM-ID "mkfs.fat", sectors/cluster 8, Media descriptor 0xf8, sectors/track 63, heads 255, hidden sectors 10240, sectors 4184064 (volumes > 32 MB), FAT (32 bit), sectors/FAT 4080, serial number 0x8c3a0e05, label: "efi_system "
From the journal, May 31 09:55:31 localhost.localdomain kernel: FAT-fs (sda8): IO charset iso8859-1 not found
Isn't that a window's charset? It's crazy that I need that to access a partition. But that shouldn't affect the new install's ability to boot, since it must presumably have that charset available to install everything. And it just drops to a grub prompt when I try to boot it.
I'm taking a break from this as I seem to be spinning my wheels.