[Bio-Linux] Fresh install - partitioning?

[Vikram Chhatre]

Tim and Tony -

I have been booting through UEFI boot mode.  It's been a while since I
installed linux and it seems I have completely missed out on the EFI and
UEFI developments.

Let me give Tim's tutorial for grub install a shot and get back to you.

Thank you
Vikram


On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Tony Travis <tony.travis at abdn.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 16/10/14 12:03, Vikram Chhatre wrote:
> > Hi Tony,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.  I have tried going both ways, creating
> > partitions or having the system do it.  I am ending up with the same
> > error in both cases.
> >
> > “The grub efi amd64 signed package failed to install into /target/.
> > Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.”
> >
> > The Ubuntu forum search hasn't been too useful with this error.  Do you
> > any suggestions?
>
> Hi, Vikram.
>
> My colleague recently had a problem installing Bio-Linux 8 on an EFI
> Windows laptop and it turned out to be that Ubuntu detected EFI and
> installed "grub-efi" instead of "grub-pc". However, he was booting
> Windows in 'legacy' MBR mode and "grub-install" failed. After a bit of
> poking around, I realised why it was not working and did what Tim
> described to install "grub-pc" in a chroot, then "grub-install" and
> rebooted successfully. I think Ubuntu and EFI works OK, unless you are
> booting Windows in 'legacy' MBR mode.
>
> HTH,
>
>   Tony.
>
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