Make gummiboot your default bootloader with: $ mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars $ gummiboot install Kernel options should be defined in /boot/loader/void-options.conf: $ cat /boot/loader/void-options.conf root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet Reconfigure your kernel package to create loader entries: $ xbps-reconfigure -f linux3.XX