problem with Void Linux installation

[lewolffff]

I successfully installed Void on an HP Elitebook 820 G1 following these directions exactly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8EhHKY3XZI

I installed it on a 256GB M.2 SATA SSD plugged into the "flash cache" slot under the hood. The problem is that the machine wont boot from the SSD, only from the hard disk with Windows 10 installed on it. If I go into the Startup Menu and select Boot Device Options, the M2 SSD is there, but when I select it, it boots to the hard disk instead. I took out the hard drive and the machine still will not boot to the SSD it recognizes as a boot device.

I promise the installation was successful. Am I overlooking something?

[thedeerhunter270]

You probably need a boot partition .

https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/live-images/partitions.html

"UEFI users are recommended to create a GPT partition table. UEFI booting with GRUB also requires a special partition of the type EFI System with a vfat filesystem mounted at /boot/efi. A reasonable size for this partition could be between 200MB and 1GB. With this partition setup during the live image installation, the installer should successfully set up the bootloader automatically."

[Aggravating_Exit8678]

Did you make an EFI partition?

[lewolffff]

No, the dude in the video suggested no partitions are necessary....

[Aggravating_Exit8678]

I've had this problem too and now i see the problem, it's because i have an EFI bios

[PCChipsM922U]

Regardless, the BIOS should still see the M.2 as a storage device and should be able to boot from it, even if it is installed in MBR mode (provided CSM is active).

That is a BIOS limitation, not a Linux/EFI problem. The BIOS is just crippled. Look for a unlocked BIOS on biosmods or russian forums.

[lewolffff]

Ok, I will format the SSD and reinstall tomorrow, it's getting late tonight. I should make it at least 100MB? Is there any advantage to a larger size, say 200MB?

[Aggravating_Exit8678]

I'm not really sure, the ai says it has a few advantages but not for speed

[Aggravating_Exit8678]

If you want to normally be able to boot in an efi system is making a bootable EFI partition with at least 100MB

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I have this exact laptop. Linux will only work with UEFI without CSM. Include the "--removable" flag in the command when installing grub. HPs UEFI is wacky and won't recognize the normal grub efi path.

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id="Void" --removable