how is the boot directory of the EFI/ESP partition related to the boot directory of the root partition?

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are the files inside these 2 directories mirror images of each other?



how are they related? for example the below command that i execute:



sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora



is it copying the file to the EFI/ESP partition(sda1) or to the root/system file partition?



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    Suggested edit: do you mean /boot/efi/EFI/fedora ? (In this case, the answer is the command should copy a file to the ESP. Because the ESP should be mounted at /boot/efi.).

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 14:53







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    Systems vary. most likely /boot/efi points to your EFI partition. But you can type df /boot/EFI/fedora to tell you which partition is mounted there. Alternatively just mount will list all mount points.

    – Philip Couling
    Jan 23 at 15:09







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    or findmnt instead of mount - this a newer command, and tries to make the output easier to read

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 15:42












  • so i used this command: sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora to copy the file to my ESP/EFI partition. a few days later(i'm not exactly sure at which point in time), the same file appears in the boot directory of my archlinux root partition. why is this so? thanks

    – lenovolobo
    Jan 28 at 12:42















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are the files inside these 2 directories mirror images of each other?



how are they related? for example the below command that i execute:



sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora



is it copying the file to the EFI/ESP partition(sda1) or to the root/system file partition?



thanks










share|improve this question

















  • 1





    Suggested edit: do you mean /boot/efi/EFI/fedora ? (In this case, the answer is the command should copy a file to the ESP. Because the ESP should be mounted at /boot/efi.).

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 14:53







  • 2





    Systems vary. most likely /boot/efi points to your EFI partition. But you can type df /boot/EFI/fedora to tell you which partition is mounted there. Alternatively just mount will list all mount points.

    – Philip Couling
    Jan 23 at 15:09







  • 1





    or findmnt instead of mount - this a newer command, and tries to make the output easier to read

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 15:42












  • so i used this command: sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora to copy the file to my ESP/EFI partition. a few days later(i'm not exactly sure at which point in time), the same file appears in the boot directory of my archlinux root partition. why is this so? thanks

    – lenovolobo
    Jan 28 at 12:42













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are the files inside these 2 directories mirror images of each other?



how are they related? for example the below command that i execute:



sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora



is it copying the file to the EFI/ESP partition(sda1) or to the root/system file partition?



thanks










share|improve this question














are the files inside these 2 directories mirror images of each other?



how are they related? for example the below command that i execute:



sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora



is it copying the file to the EFI/ESP partition(sda1) or to the root/system file partition?



thanks







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    Suggested edit: do you mean /boot/efi/EFI/fedora ? (In this case, the answer is the command should copy a file to the ESP. Because the ESP should be mounted at /boot/efi.).

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 14:53







  • 2





    Systems vary. most likely /boot/efi points to your EFI partition. But you can type df /boot/EFI/fedora to tell you which partition is mounted there. Alternatively just mount will list all mount points.

    – Philip Couling
    Jan 23 at 15:09







  • 1





    or findmnt instead of mount - this a newer command, and tries to make the output easier to read

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 15:42












  • so i used this command: sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora to copy the file to my ESP/EFI partition. a few days later(i'm not exactly sure at which point in time), the same file appears in the boot directory of my archlinux root partition. why is this so? thanks

    – lenovolobo
    Jan 28 at 12:42












  • 1





    Suggested edit: do you mean /boot/efi/EFI/fedora ? (In this case, the answer is the command should copy a file to the ESP. Because the ESP should be mounted at /boot/efi.).

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 14:53







  • 2





    Systems vary. most likely /boot/efi points to your EFI partition. But you can type df /boot/EFI/fedora to tell you which partition is mounted there. Alternatively just mount will list all mount points.

    – Philip Couling
    Jan 23 at 15:09







  • 1





    or findmnt instead of mount - this a newer command, and tries to make the output easier to read

    – sourcejedi
    Jan 23 at 15:42












  • so i used this command: sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora to copy the file to my ESP/EFI partition. a few days later(i'm not exactly sure at which point in time), the same file appears in the boot directory of my archlinux root partition. why is this so? thanks

    – lenovolobo
    Jan 28 at 12:42







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1





Suggested edit: do you mean /boot/efi/EFI/fedora ? (In this case, the answer is the command should copy a file to the ESP. Because the ESP should be mounted at /boot/efi.).

– sourcejedi
Jan 23 at 14:53






Suggested edit: do you mean /boot/efi/EFI/fedora ? (In this case, the answer is the command should copy a file to the ESP. Because the ESP should be mounted at /boot/efi.).

– sourcejedi
Jan 23 at 14:53





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Systems vary. most likely /boot/efi points to your EFI partition. But you can type df /boot/EFI/fedora to tell you which partition is mounted there. Alternatively just mount will list all mount points.

– Philip Couling
Jan 23 at 15:09






Systems vary. most likely /boot/efi points to your EFI partition. But you can type df /boot/EFI/fedora to tell you which partition is mounted there. Alternatively just mount will list all mount points.

– Philip Couling
Jan 23 at 15:09





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1





or findmnt instead of mount - this a newer command, and tries to make the output easier to read

– sourcejedi
Jan 23 at 15:42






or findmnt instead of mount - this a newer command, and tries to make the output easier to read

– sourcejedi
Jan 23 at 15:42














so i used this command: sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora to copy the file to my ESP/EFI partition. a few days later(i'm not exactly sure at which point in time), the same file appears in the boot directory of my archlinux root partition. why is this so? thanks

– lenovolobo
Jan 28 at 12:42





so i used this command: sudo cp -a initramfs-4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64.img /boot/EFI/fedora to copy the file to my ESP/EFI partition. a few days later(i'm not exactly sure at which point in time), the same file appears in the boot directory of my archlinux root partition. why is this so? thanks

– lenovolobo
Jan 28 at 12:42










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