[ Solved ] Issue with Partitioning (setting the boot flag)

I've tried to install Arch a few times. I always seem to run into this issue which affects me later on.
fdisk (fdisk /dev/sda) doesn't provide me with the ability to set the boot flag on any of the partitions. Therefore I have issues when I get to the bootloader bit. (intend to use grub)
When I use cfdisk (cfdisk /dev/sda), while its help does say pressing 'b' will toggle the flag, in all images I've seen of what cfdisk should look like there has been a column marked 'Flags' - that isn't present for me. So, I have no way of knowing if it actually gets set, though I doubt it does.
Partition Table is GPT.
Though,
fdisk -l gives
Disk /dev/sda ~465.8 GiB
Disk /dev/loop0 ~278.2 MiB //Not entirely sure what loop0 and loop1 are...
Disk /dev/loop1 ~32 GiB
Disk /dev/mapper... //the live image.
I'm probably just making a simple mistake - though I have no idea what. Help?
(Ruling out other errors, using latest dual architecture image, (using 86_64 UEFI) on this system; Asus X99 Pro, Core i7 5820k, 16GB RAM, ~500GB SSD, generic video card).
Last edited by AndyWM (2015-06-10 17:21:20)

It's okay - I just decided to follow the beginner's guide again. It recommend the use of parted for GPT when using UEFI. So I just did that, I also went for gummiboot as the bootloader. Never used it before, but it seems to do the job...
Did forget to create a user though, so I'll have to log in as root and do that.
Anyway, I'll mark this as solved.

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naequs wrote:
bumping this because i have the EXACT same problem !
however i installed grub to sda1 because i didnt want my installs to mess with each other (not that ive had any problems with grub in mbr though...) .
this just looked cleaner to me.
if anyone has figured out how to prevent windows from automagically changing the bootgflag, id like to know !
but maybe this is a question more suitable for a windoze forum
tia
/edit: seriously, ive been searching the net for some time now, including irc chans and there seems to be no solution to this ! all threads similar to this just end dead !
i hate how windows claims to own my computer!
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