Re: [2.00] grub-install use on UEFI system?

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 26.09.2012 10:07, address@hidden wrote:

> 
>     > 1) why does 'grub-install' (without any parameter) work for
>     Ubuntu12.04
>     > (grub1.99) ?
> 
>     Probably because your kernel doesn't handle EFI properly so grub-install
>     wasn't able to detect it (/sys/firmware/efi was missing).
> 
> 
> Hi Vladimir
> 
> - here is an example where /sys/firmware/efi is not missing:
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/1227221
> 

Then recent grub-install will recognise EFI on this system and install
EFI flavour.

>  
> 
>     > 2) why does the command indicated by Aaron for 2.00 (grub-install
>     > --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory="<root efi directory, eg.
>     > /boot/efi>") does not specify this sub-folder ?
>     >
> 
> 
>     Because this is not part of efi-directory
> 
> 
> Yes, exactly. This is why i don't understand Chris comment.
>  
> 
>     (and RTFM)
> 
> 
> AFAIK there is nothing about this subject (grub-install for UEFI) in
> GRUB 2.00 Manual:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Invoking-grub_002dinstall.html#Invoking-grub_002dinstall
> 
> Thanks in advance for any input. (GRUB with UEFI problems are more and
> more frequent on forums.)

grub-install --help

> Yann
> 
> 
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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