Acidphase
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 Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:17 pm Post subject: efibootmgr : Failed to write variable: No space left on dev |
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Hello people,
Not sure where to post this but just wanted to put in somewhere so if someone runs into the same problem they can find the fix fast.
I had setup the EFI-STUB correctly as I have in the past many times howeever when I went to add a boot entry in the UEFI menu (not bootloader) it insisted there wasn't enough room.
Now I knew for 100% sure there was and the problem was in the NVRAM or something similar in this case you can fix it through "pstore".
If you're getting this error:
| Code: | efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -L Gentoo -l "\efi\boot\bootx64.efi"
Failed to write variable: No space left on device |
Be sure to check the /sys/fs/pstore isn't filled up with dmesg logs something like dmesg-1945845557770 if so delete them then try to create the boot entry then.
(Note: Might be a good idea to cat at least one of the logs make sure it isn't something currently a problem rather than a past problem from an older install)
You can check by mounting the pstore filesystem.
| Code: | | mount -t pstore /sys/fs/pstore /sys/fs/pstore |
You may have to make sure you set the correct kernel options to allow you to mount it I'm unsure of this but I would say yes someone else knowledgeable can confirm so or I'm full of it lol.
Kernel option for /sys/fs/pstore
| Code: | | CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE |
Hope this helps some people.
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