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On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:56:08 +0000 |
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Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 11:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Joakim Tjernlund |
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> > <Joakim.Tjernlund@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 15:21 -0400, Tom H wrote: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > but it looks like, unlike for grub-legacy, you need a grub |
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> > > > config file ("/boot/grub{,2}/grub.cfg") to exist. |
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> > > |
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> > > That is reasonable, to create a new entry one needs to copy the |
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> > > previous and replace the kernel. |
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> > > |
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> > > Would be nice if someone could confirm this though. |
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> > if [[ -z "${GRUB_CONF}" ]]; then |
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> > print_error 1 "Error! Grub2 configuration file does not exist, |
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> > please ensure grub2 is correctly setup first." |
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> > return 0 |
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> > fi |
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> Tried to make grub2 and EFI work on a HP Skylake laptop but failed. |
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> This laptop PXE boots linux during install in BIOS mode so no EFI |
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> vars etc. available when installing grub2. Is this an impossible |
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> combo? Do I need to EFI boot in order to install grub2 efi? |
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> |
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> Jocke |
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You need to be booted in EFI mode to be able to access the EFI vars and |
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install grub in EFI mode. If you are booted in legacy mode, you have to |
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use grub's i386-pc mode. |
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