zsh does not recognize mkfs.fat command...

[mikefot]

Dear All,

I am running gentoo stable on an FX 8350 box.

I am using

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zsh

.

I tried running the following command:

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➜  /boot mkfs.fat -F 32 -n efi-boot /dev/sda1

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zsh: command not found: mkfs.fat
➜  /boot

How do I get

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zsh

to run the

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mkfs 

command?

Regards

Michael Fothergill

[Anon-E-moose]

/usr/sbin/mkfs.fat <whatever>

Edit to add: I assume that you have already emerged dosfstools

[mikefot]

Many thanks for your advice.

I ran

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emerge dosfstools

.

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mkfs.fat

worked after that.

Cheers

MF

PS

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root@bucketlist $ grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi         
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: error: /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition.
root@bucketlist $

I can neither mount the

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/boot/efi

directory nor install

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grub

into it:

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root@bucketlist $ mount /boot/efi                                
mount: /boot/efi: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper prog
ram, or other error.
root@bucketlist $

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root@bucketlist $ ls -l
total 101996
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2090043 May 23 21:45 System.map-5.4.38-gentoo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5174965 Aug 18 12:40 System.map-5.7.13
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5356126 Oct 14 15:30 System.map-5.8.14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2525093 Oct 18 14:18 System.map-5.9.0-gentoo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    73078 May 23 21:45 config-5.4.38-gentoo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   221044 Aug 18 12:40 config-5.7.13
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   224954 Oct 14 15:30 config-5.8.14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    74865 Oct 18 14:18 config-5.9.0-gentoo
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 Oct 18 16:43 efi
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 Oct 18 15:24 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30769543 Aug 18 12:40 initramfs-5.7.13.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30091785 Oct 14 15:30 initramfs-5.8.14.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4022832 May 23 21:45 vmlinuz-5.4.38-gentoo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9629984 Aug 18 12:40 vmlinuz-5.7.13
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10152064 Oct 14 15:30 vmlinuz-5.8.14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3998208 Oct 18 14:18 vmlinuz-5.9.0-gentoo
root@bucketlist $

Comments appreciated

[nick_gentoo]

mikefot, it is not clear from your last post: did you also update the entry for /boot/efi in /etc/fstab? How does it look like?

[mikefot]

Many thanks for your reply.


My fstab file is here:

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➜  /etc more fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't 
# needed); notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage 
# efficiency).  It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to 
# switch between notail / tail freely.
#
# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1.
# All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1.
#
# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.
#

# <fs>                  <mountpoint>    <type>          <opts>          <dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
#
# NOTE: Even though we list ext4 as the type here, it will work with ext2/ext3
#       filesystems.  This just tells the kernel to use the ext4 driver.
#
# NOTE: You can use full paths to devices like /dev/sda3, but it is often
#       more reliable to use filesystem labels or UUIDs. See your filesystem
#       documentation for details on setting a label. To obtain the UUID, use
#       the blkid(8) command.

/dev/sda1               /boot/efi       vfat            noauto,noaatime 1 2
/dev/sda4               /               ext4            noatime         0 1
/dev/sda3               none            swap            sw              0 0
#/dev/cdrom             /mnt/cdrom      auto            noauto,ro       0 0
➜  /etc 

PS I have managed to mount /boot/efi:

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➜  /etc mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi
➜  /etc 

I think things are starting to behave a bit better:

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➜  /etc fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 232.91 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD2500AAJS-6
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x94e26dd6

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048  17326079  17324032   8.3G ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda2        17326080 198555647 181229568  86.4G 83 Linux
/dev/sda3       198555648 208795647  10240000   4.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4       208795648 488396799 279601152 133.3G 83 Linux
➜  /etc 

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/dev/sda2

contains the root partition for an ubuntu installation I have on this machine.

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/dev/sda3 

is a communal swap partition

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/dev/sda4

contains the root partition for gentoo.

Cheers

MF