[SOLVED] Inconsistency within Documentation?

Question

I have ran into a problem at the last part of installation - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide
For partitioning I chose GPT
cgdisk /dev/sda
sda1 - root
sda2 - home
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home
reached here with no further problems
pacman -S gptfdisk
pacman -S syslinux
syslinux-install_update -ia
All fine up until here
pacman -S gummiboot
gummiboot install
File system /boot is not a FAT EFI System Partition (ESP) file system
:: Run /usr/bin/gummiboot install to make gummiboot your default bootloader
When the guide told me to mkfs.ext4, is this the cause of the conflict (not a FT EFI System Partition?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Jimbo (2014-09-14 13:34:24)

Answer 1

You can decide into how many partitions the disk should be split, and for which directory each partition should be used in the system. The mapping from partitions to directories (frequently called 'mount points') is the Partition scheme. The simplest, and not a bad choice, is to make just one huge / partition. Another popular choice is to have a / and a /home partition.
Additional required partitions:
    If you have a UEFI motherboard, you will need to create an extra EFI System Partition.
    If you have a BIOS motherboard (or plan on booting in BIOS compatibility mode) and you want to setup GRUB on a GPT-partitioned drive, you will need to create an extra BIOS Boot Partition of size 1 or 2 MiB and EF02 type code. Syslinux does not need one.
    If you have a requirement for a Disk encryption of the system itself, this must be reflected in your partition scheme. It is unproblematic to add encrypted folders, containers or home directories after the system is installed.
Then the following section is labeled as an example.  It could perhaps be more clear, but it is not inconsistent.