On Monday, 24 June 2024 17:54:44 BST Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > For an ESP on a disk partition, it would be FAT32 (while FAT12 or FAT16 > > can be used for removable media). VFAT is an extension to FAT allowing > > long filenames. In any case it's just a symlink: > > > > ~ $ ls -la /usr/bin/mkfs.vfat > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 24 08:52 /usr/bin/mkfs.vfat -> mkfs.fat > > I followed the guide. I copied the mkfs command and the option then > replaced with my partition info. The command in the docs was a sda > drive not nvme. This part of the docs worked fine last time. I just > repeated the same.
Good. You'll have the correct filesystem format for your EFI system partition. :-) [snip ...] > I also ran into that locale thing again. Using your export command, > fixed it, again. I find it odd that the commands to reset the > environment does not reset that somehow. Anyway, it works. I have that > LC_ALL set on my main rig. It's been that way for years. Should I > change it or leave it since it works?? It is recommended to leave the LC_ALL unset, because it overrides all other settings. Check the 'Warning' under the section "Environment variables for locales" on this Guide: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Localization/Guide If you have it in your /etc/env.d/02locale, or your bashrc, or any other startup script, unset it. When you call: ~ $ locale at the end it should have an empty LC_ALL: LC_ALL= > My CPU seems to be running about 20F cooler now. Cool! Ha! Quite literally. ;-)
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