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The most common cause for this situation is when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_system_partition ESP] isn't mounted where NixOS expects it to be on UEFI systems. NixOS assumes the ESP is mounted under <code>/boot</code> and that it is on the ESP that NixOS will install the files needed for the boot process for UEFI systems.<ref>[https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-uefi-installation NixOS manual: 2.1. UEFI Installation]</ref> This issue should affect all supported UEFI bootloaders equally for NixOS. | The most common cause for this situation is when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_system_partition ESP] isn't mounted where NixOS expects it to be on UEFI systems. NixOS assumes the ESP is mounted under <code>/boot</code> and that it is on the ESP that NixOS will install the files needed for the boot process for UEFI systems.<ref>[https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-uefi-installation NixOS manual: 2.1. UEFI Installation]</ref> This issue should affect all supported UEFI bootloaders equally for NixOS. | ||
The usual fix for this problem is to add the missing entry for <code>fileSystems."/boot"</code> in <code>hardware-configuration.nix</code> (or where your mount points are defined). | The usual fix for this problem is to add the missing entry for <code>fileSystems."/boot"</code> in <code>hardware-configuration.nix</code> (or where your mount points are defined). | ||
If for some reason it is impossible to boot the existing generations, follow the steps in [[#Re-installing the bootloader]] to re-generate the menu entries, then boot in your system to add the missing configuration. The next generations should work as expected in your bootloader. | |||
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