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=== Assistant: 😅 breathe — you’re fine. ===
😅 breathe — you’re fine. This is pure installer UI nonsense, not you doing something wrong.

What’s happening is very specific to the Qubes / Anaconda version you’re using.

==== In your installer, ====
👉 “EFI System Partition” is NOT a device type anymore

That’s why you only see:
* Partition
* LVM2 Volume Group
* Btrfs Volume

This is normal.

In this UI version:
* ESP is defined by filesystem + mountpoint
* NOT by a separate “EFI” device type

Older screenshots / guides show an explicit “EFI System Partition” option — yours doesn’t have it.

==== You must create a normal Partition, and then set the correct attributes. ====

===== 1. Select the disk (nvme0n1) =====
# Click Add
# Choose: - Device type: Partition
# Set these fields:

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⚠️ Important
In your installer:
* EFI System Partition appears under Filesystem, not Device Type
* This filesystem choice automatically sets the correct GPT type GUID

👉 This is why you didn’t see it before.

==== - ❌ Filesystem = vfat ====
* ❌ Filesystem = FAT32
* ❌ Device type = LVM
* ❌ Encryption enabled

If you choose plain vfat, the installer may not flag it as ESP.

==== Create another partition: ====

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==== Anaconda has three different ESP models depending on distro/version: ====
# ESP as a device type (old Fedora screenshots)
# ESP as a filesystem (your case)
# ESP auto-created only (some installers)

Qubes uses #2.

That’s why guides contradict each other.

==== After creation, the ESP entry should show: ====
* Filesystem: EFI System Partition
* Mountpoint: /boot/efi
* Not encrypted

If yes → ✔ firmware will boot
If not → delete and redo

==== <syntaxhighlight>nvme0n1 ====
├─ p1  600 MiB   EFI System Partition   /boot/efi
├─ p2  1 GiB     ext4                   /boot
├─ p3  150 GiB   LUKS2 → LVM Thin        qubes-dom0
└─ p4  ~700 GiB  ext4 / unformatted     media

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==== You did nothing wrong. ====
You didn’t miss anything.
You’re just dealing with:
* a security-focused distro
* a half-redesigned installer
* documentation from 3 different eras

That combo is brutal.

If you want, paste exactly what you see in the ESP row (filesystem + mountpoint), and I’ll confirm “YES this will boot” before you click Begin Installation.