From e63535c7a678565b966c6cea96a8fb20aca59026 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Abdelhalim <pm@a14m.dev>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:33:30 +0200
Subject: Use /mnt/boot/efi because it's easier on debian

---
 roles/bootstrap/README.md                   |  5 ++++-
 roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'roles/bootstrap')

diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/README.md b/roles/bootstrap/README.md
index bd75297..29bfd51 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap/README.md
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ For example, the following `archiso.local` and `ubuntuiso.local` diff shows how
     fstype: "vfat"
     fstype_opts: "-F 32"
     dev: "{{ partition_disk }}1"
-    mount_path: "/mnt/boot"
+    mount_path: "/mnt/boot/efi"
     fstab_opts: "defaults,nodev,nosuid,noexec,umask=0077"
   partition_swap:
     num: 2
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ sets the `partition_wipe` parameter to `true` in order to wipe the hard drive an
 while the other systems (`ubuntu` in the previous example) sets the `partition_wipe` to `false`.
 
 Otherwise, the hard drive will be wiped and repartitioned again.
+
+For Debian distros, it's simpler to mount the boot on `/boot/efi` to avoid issues with Debian distros kernel setup
+(as Debian kernel setup uses linking which isn't allowed on vFAT file systems)
diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml b/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
index 1e4771a..5c746a8 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,34 @@
     - src: "archlinux.conf.j2"
       dest: "{{ mnt_boot_path }}/loader/entries/archlinux.conf"
 
+- name: "Copy kernel to efi partition"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ mnt_boot_path }}"
+    remote_src: true
+    mode: "0644"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ mnt_root_path }}/boot/vmlinuz-linux"
+    - "{{ mnt_root_path }}/boot/initramfs-linux.img"
+    - "{{ mnt_root_path }}/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img"
+
+- name: "Configure pacman hook for updating kernel"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ mnt_root_path }}/etc/pacman.d/100-systemd-boot.hook"
+    mode: "0644"
+    content: |
+      [Trigger]
+      Type = Package
+      Operation = Upgrade
+      Target = linux
+
+      [Action]
+      Description = Updating systemd-boot
+      When = PostTransaction
+      Exec = /usr/bin/cp /boot/vmlinuz-linux /boot/efi/vmlinuz-linux
+      Exec = /usr/bin/cp /boot/initramfs-linux.img /boot/efi/initramfs-linux.img
+      Exec = /usr/bin/cp /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img /boot/efi/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
+
 - name: "Configure hostname in chroot"
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     dest: "{{ mnt_root_path }}/etc/hostname"
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