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Hello, |
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> I don't want to use EFI. |
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Then you probably should not be attempting to boot off an NVMe drive, as that is only possible if the drive has an onboard BIOS-mode boot ROM; AFAIK those are only found on some of the earliest NVMe drives. |
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Moreover... |
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> grub-install /dev/nvme0n1p2 |
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> Installing for x86_64-efi platform. |
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You are installing GRUB in EFI mode. My guess is that it's because you're running the command from a system that was booted in EFI mode, so grub-install picks EFI by default. |
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For BIOS you want the 'i386-pc' platform, and you _must_ install GRUB to the block device itself (/dev/nvme0n1) |
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And once again, whether or not you'll be able to boot from that is very much open to debate. |
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> Am I suppose to put any file system on /dev/nvme0n1p1 (2Mb partition) the installation manual did not mention anything. |
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That partition is only there to reserve space for the initial stages of GRUB when BIOS-booting from a GPT disk. It does not need to be formatted or mounted, and as long as it has the proper flags grub-install should be able to pick it up on its own. |
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andrea |
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