I use "grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=/boot/efi/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --recheck" to update (or install a new) grub on my Efi-Partition (sda1 with Fat32). Up to version 2.00_p5107-r2 everything works well. But grub-2.02_beta2 and also grub-2.02_beta2-r2 says me that they found no EFI-partition. If I reemerge the old 2.00_p5107-r2 it works again. The efi-partiton is mountet into /boot/efi and grub is installed into the "Efi-Folder" of the "Efi-Partition" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: As described in the "description" one tries to install grub's efi-application to the efi-partition by: "grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=/boot/efi/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --recheck" Actual Results: Grub's efi-application is not installed to the efi-Folder on the efi-partition Expected Results: grub-2.02_beta2 and also grub-2.02_beta2-r2 should akt like grub 2.00_p5107-r2 and install grub's efi-application to the efi-Folder on the efi-partition.
Can you show me your partition setup? For example, the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda or gdisk -l /dev/sda. Replace sda with the appropriate block device.
Also, I wonder why you are passing --boot-directory=/boot/efi/efi. That makes no sense. If you could show me /proc/self/mounts and the contents of /boot, /boot/efi, and /boot/efi/efi that might help.
Also, please provide the output of the grub2-install command.
Thanks for your reply: grub-2.02_beta2(-r2) says: blabla# grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=/boot/efi/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --recheck Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub2-install: Fehler: cannot find EFI directory. ------------------------------------------------ My partition configuration: blabla# gdisk -l /dev/sda GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 78A31DDB-BE31-410F-9FE9-4DE439F038E2 Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134 Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 2099199 1024.0 MiB EF00 EFI System 2 2099200 2361343 128.0 MiB 0C01 Microsoft reserved ... 3 2361344 217139199 102.4 GiB 0700 Basic data partition 4 217139200 421939199 97.7 GiB 0700 Basic data partition 5 421939200 524339199 48.8 GiB 0700 Basic data partition 6 524339200 729139199 97.7 GiB 0700 Basic data partition 7 729139200 792627199 30.3 GiB 0700 Basic data partition 8 792627200 794724351 1024.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 9 794724352 899579903 50.0 GiB 8200 Linux swap 10 899579904 1109295103 100.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem 11 1109295104 1518972927 195.3 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem 12 1518972928 1521070079 1024.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 13 1521070080 1625927679 50.0 GiB 8200 Linux swap 14 1625927680 1835642879 100.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem 15 1835642880 1953525134 56.2 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem ----------------------------------------------------- Ok, the setup is crazy. Partition 1 ist the EFI-Partition. Partitions 2-7 are Windows (NTFS), 8-11 is Gentoo Linux I use for work (EFI-partition not mountet). 12-15 is Gentoo Linux I use for updating (hold Gentoo up to date and build stage4 for installing new versions for "work"). Everything concerning grub I make from the "12-15 Update-System". Here 14 is the root-partition "/" where 12 is mounted into "/boot" and 15 into "/home". The Efi-partition (FAT32) is mountet into "/boot/efi". Inside the efi-partition there exist a folder also named "efi". Therefore the grub-application has to be installed into "/boot/efi/efi/grub" whereas for example Microsoft installed it's efi-application into "/boot/efi/efi/Microsoft". The Efi-BIOS of my motherboard automatically loads the application stored in "/boot/efi/efi/boot". Therefore the argument "--boot-directory=/boot/efi/efi" is necessary to install grub's efi-application into "/boot/efi/efi/grub" The manpage of grub2-install says: "--boot-directory=DIR install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub instead of the boot/grub directory" With all grub2 Versions before grub-2.02_beta2 this prcedure worked very well. Since grub-2.02_beta2(-r2) it wors anymore. (I use grub 2 sine a long time ago) Content of /boot: The kernel image and the efi-folder Content of /boot/efi: Only the mounted efi-partition. The efi-partition contains only one folder also named "efi" Content of /boot/efi/efi: three folders: grub, Microsoft and BOOT
Ok, so this is sort of an oddball grub configuration. I think grub-install was changed to assume that the EFI directory will be (boot-directory)/efi. You can probably accomplish your desired config by manually passing the EFI directory to grub-install. --efi-directory=DIR use DIR as the EFI System Partition root. Try this: grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=/boot/efi/efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi ...
It worked! Thanks a lot! Anyway: I looked in the Gentoo Wiki and they also asume that one uses /boot/efi/EFI (See two lines under "Install Grub") http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2#UEFI.2FGPT If one mounts the efi-partition under /boot so that one installes grub to /boot/EFI one has to store the kernel onto the efi-partition (In the case the kernel should be located at /boot). If one has a seperate boot-partition one has to use /boot/efi/EFI or not?
(In reply to Gerold Schellstede from comment #6) grub is not normally installed to the EFI system partition if you do not mount it on /boot. In such a scenario, just the core image is installed on the EFI system partition, which is expected to be mounted at /boot/efi. The rest of grub gets installed to /boot/grub.
Aha! Then it is clear why I am alone with my problem. Thanks again for your support!
