On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:42:04 -0500 o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 4:11 PM Tim Wallace <tp_wall...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > After you boot with rEFInd, follow the directions for "Reinstalling > > grub-efi on your hard drive" on this page: GrubEFIReinstall - > > Debian Wiki <https://wiki.debian.org/GrubEFIReinstall> > > > > GrubEFIReinstall - Debian Wiki > > > > <https://wiki.debian.org/GrubEFIReinstall> > > > > > > Thank you mr Tim > > Worked my way through the destructions with all required responses > being textbook. > Ejected the rEFInd disk and then asked for a reboot. > > Resultant is : > grub> > > grub> ls > lists some 18 partitions none of which indicate the msdos needed for > efi (proc), (hdo), (hd0,gpt15) (hd0, gpt 14 to 1) (hd1) > > Tried booting using the rEFInd disk and everything is working (select > the correct partition and then everything works). > Ran through the destructions again (just in case) with everything > looking as indicated. > Still not bootable directly. > > Looked at some pages re: booting from grub directly but somehow I was > supposed to have this msdos partition (which I don't). > So I'm still at least somewhat lost - - - I can get the system to > boot but only using the long way around. > > Ideas/suggestions ????? > > TIA Hi, I can just show you what I have in the only efi booting system of mine: /etc/fstab /dev/nvme0n1p1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro) /dev/nvme0n1p2 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) + other partitions not relevant in boot/efi there are this files and dirs: ls -la /boot/efi/ total 12 drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 20 14:45 .. drwx------ 4 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 EFI # ls -la /boot/efi/EFI total 16 drwx------ 4 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 . drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 .. drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 debian drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 devuan # ls -la /boot/efi/EFI/debian total 12 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 . drwx------ 4 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 .. -rwx------ 1 root root 117 May 18 19:12 grub.cfg # ls -la /boot/efi/EFI/devuan total 5236 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 . drwx------ 4 root root 4096 May 18 19:12 .. -rwx------ 1 root root 108 May 18 19:12 BOOTX64.CSV -rwx------ 1 root root 1206824 May 18 19:12 fbx64.efi -rwx------ 1 root root 117 May 18 19:12 grub.cfg -rwx------ 1 root root 1549696 May 18 19:12 grubx64.efi -rwx------ 1 root root 1261192 May 18 19:12 mmx64.efi -rwx------ 1 root root 1322936 May 18 19:12 shimx64.efi the two grub.cfg files are identical. Running update-grub shows: # update-grub Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-16-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-16-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-14-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-14-amd64 Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration done The following grub and efi packages are installed: dpkg --get-selections | grep grub grub-common install grub-efi-amd64 install grub-efi-amd64-bin install grub-efi-amd64-signed install grub2-common install root@aplysia:/home/tito# dpkg --get-selections | grep efi efibootmgr install grub-efi-amd64 install grub-efi-amd64-bin install grub-efi-amd64-signed install libefiboot1:amd64 install libefivar1:amd64 install The system was setup by the devuan installer iso. Hope this helps. Ciao, Tito _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng