On Thu, 30 May 2019 11:50:20 -0700
Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)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.