Mystery solved! grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/grub worked. Working grub is like a lockpicking exercise. Thanks for ideas on this since now I know more about my installation than I knew yesterday.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Thu, 5 Oct 2023, Jude DaShiell wrote: > The only reason I used grub was since you can turn on a sound once grub > comes up. I wouldn't have a problem with other boot loaders since I can > probably put abeep in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and have it do the same thing for > me with the bonus I know alsa is up and working. Grub uses the pc speaker > which provides no assurance alsa will work after boot. > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2023, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > > > > > > On 10/5/23 8:29 AM, pete wrote: > > > For boot for the longest time now i have used syslinux for boot gave up on > > > grub > > > it became stupid > > > > Same here. I only use either syslinux or refind. > > > > DR > > >