I performed a regular XFCE install on a USB. When done with the install (done to a samsung SSD), I checked efibootmgr. Efibootmgr claimed that the void boot was there, however when I rebooted the system, the void boot was removed. Updating grub from chroot appeared to work but alas, upon reboot, void disappeared. This isn't a problem of my hardware as I'm able to easily install other distros (mint, manjaro).
Info about my system:
[anon@void-live ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
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: gpt
Disk identifier: A09F45C9-DE8C-42A6-B33E-A29905DDE8F6
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 3907028991 3905978368 1.8T Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.16 GiB, 1243377664 bytes, 2428472 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 5.3 GiB, 5695864832 bytes, 11124736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 298.09 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD3200AAJS-0
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: gpt
Disk identifier: 0F2BC613-6270-4854-886E-C510E44C58CB
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda2 32768 237567 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda5 78462976 624421545 545958570 260.3G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/sdb: 3.66 GiB, 3932160000 bytes, 7680000 sectors
Disk model: Transcend 4GB
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: 0x51b3017a
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 0 2825759 2825760 1.3G 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 156 65691 65536 32M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
efibootmgr output
[anon@void-live ~]$ efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0007
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0006,0007
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,ff007800-a60d-4e66-b9cb-45c31186163c,0x8000,0x32000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi0000424f
dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 ff 0d a6 66 4e b9 cb 45 c3 11 86 16 3c 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 00 00 42 4f
Boot0006* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,ff007800-a60d-4e66-b9cb-45c31186163c,0x8000,0x32000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000031000100000010000000040000007fff0400
dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 ff 0d a6 66 4e b9 cb 45 c3 11 86 16 3c 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 57 49 4e 44 4f 57 53 00 01 00 00 00 88 00 00 00 78 00 00 00 42 00 43 00 44 00 4f 00 42 00 4a 00 45 00 43 00 54 00 3d 00 7b 00 39 00 64 00 65 00 61 00 38 00 36 00 32 00 63 00 2d 00 35 00 63 00 64 00 64 00 2d 00 34 00 65 00 37 00 30 00 2d 00 61 00 63 00 63 00 31 00 2d 00 66 00 33 00 32 00 62 00 33 00 34 00 34 00 64 00 34 00 37 00 39 00 35 00 7d 00 00 00 31 00 01 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 7f ff 04 00
Boot0007* UEFI: JetFlashTranscend 4GB 1100 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(1,0)/USB(0,0)/CDROM(1,0x9c,0x2b1d84)0000424f
dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 14 / 03 05 06 00 01 00 / 03 05 06 00 00 00 / 04 02 18 00 01 00 00 00 9c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 84 1d 2b 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 00 00 42 4f
[anon@void-live ~]$
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.16 GiB, 1243377664 bytes, 2428472 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 5.3 GiB, 5695864832 bytes, 11124736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 298.09 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD3200AAJS-0
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: gpt
Disk identifier: 0F2BC613-6270-4854-886E-C510E44C58CB
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda2 32768 237567 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda5 78462976 624421545 545958570 260.3G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/sdb: 3.66 GiB, 3932160000 bytes, 7680000 sectors
Disk model: Transcend 4GB
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: 0x51b3017a
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 0 2825759 2825760 1.3G 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 156 65691 65536 32M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
I use an NVIDIA 3060 GPU and an Intel i7-13700k (16+8) @5.50GHz.
I performed a regular XFCE install on a USB. When done with the install (done to a samsung SSD), I checked efibootmgr. Efibootmgr claimed that the void boot was there, however when I rebooted the system, the void boot was removed. Updating grub from chroot appeared to work but alas, upon reboot, void disappeared. This isn't a problem of my hardware as I'm able to easily install other distros (mint, manjaro).
Info about my system:
[anon@void-live ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
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: gpt
Disk identifier: A09F45C9-DE8C-42A6-B33E-A29905DDE8F6
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 3907028991 3905978368 1.8T Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.16 GiB, 1243377664 bytes, 2428472 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 5.3 GiB, 5695864832 bytes, 11124736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 298.09 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD3200AAJS-0
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: gpt
Disk identifier: 0F2BC613-6270-4854-886E-C510E44C58CB
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda2 32768 237567 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda5 78462976 624421545 545958570 260.3G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/sdb: 3.66 GiB, 3932160000 bytes, 7680000 sectors
Disk model: Transcend 4GB
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: 0x51b3017a
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 0 2825759 2825760 1.3G 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 156 65691 65536 32M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
efibootmgr output
[anon@void-live ~]$ efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0007
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0006,0007
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,ff007800-a60d-4e66-b9cb-45c31186163c,0x8000,0x32000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi0000424f
dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 ff 0d a6 66 4e b9 cb 45 c3 11 86 16 3c 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 00 00 42 4f
Boot0006* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,ff007800-a60d-4e66-b9cb-45c31186163c,0x8000,0x32000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000031000100000010000000040000007fff0400
dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 ff 0d a6 66 4e b9 cb 45 c3 11 86 16 3c 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 57 49 4e 44 4f 57 53 00 01 00 00 00 88 00 00 00 78 00 00 00 42 00 43 00 44 00 4f 00 42 00 4a 00 45 00 43 00 54 00 3d 00 7b 00 39 00 64 00 65 00 61 00 38 00 36 00 32 00 63 00 2d 00 35 00 63 00 64 00 64 00 2d 00 34 00 65 00 37 00 30 00 2d 00 61 00 63 00 63 00 31 00 2d 00 66 00 33 00 32 00 62 00 33 00 34 00 34 00 64 00 34 00 37 00 39 00 35 00 7d 00 00 00 31 00 01 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 7f ff 04 00
Boot0007* UEFI: JetFlashTranscend 4GB 1100 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(1,0)/USB(0,0)/CDROM(1,0x9c,0x2b1d84)0000424f
dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 14 / 03 05 06 00 01 00 / 03 05 06 00 00 00 / 04 02 18 00 01 00 00 00 9c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 84 1d 2b 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 00 00 42 4f
[anon@void-live ~]$
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.16 GiB, 1243377664 bytes, 2428472 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 5.3 GiB, 5695864832 bytes, 11124736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 298.09 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD3200AAJS-0
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: gpt
Disk identifier: 0F2BC613-6270-4854-886E-C510E44C58CB
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda2 32768 237567 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda5 78462976 624421545 545958570 260.3G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/sdb: 3.66 GiB, 3932160000 bytes, 7680000 sectors
Disk model: Transcend 4GB
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: 0x51b3017a
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 0 2825759 2825760 1.3G 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 156 65691 65536 32M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
I use an NVIDIA 3060 GPU and an Intel i7-13700k (16+8) @5.50GHz.