On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Does the USB stick yield the proper checksum when inspected on a running
GNU/Linux system ?
Will check.
grub> cat (hd0,msdos2)/efi/debian/grub.cfg
set prefix-($root)/boot/grub
I see "=" instead of "-" in this file when the partition is mounted:
Better check whether you see the same when inspecting the file by GRUB.
That was my typo when I retyped the GRUB output.
source $prefix/${grub_cpu}-efi/grub.cfg
Does GRUB find the files:
(hd0)/boot/grub/x86_64-efi/grub.cfg
YES
(hd0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg
YES
I assume /${grub_cpu} is "x86_64". A 32-bit EFI might want the other
file (hd0)/boot/grub/i386-efi/grub.cfg. Both are supposed to just contain
the instruction
source /boot/grub/grub.cfg
grub> cat (hd0)/boot/grub/x86_64-efi/grub.cfg
source /boot/grub/grub.cfg
The file (hd0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg is supposed to contain a typical GRUB
configuration with 162 lines:
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
...
menuentry --hotkey=g 'Graphical install' {
set background_color=black
linux /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet
initrd /install.amd/gtk/initrd.gz
}
grub> cat (hd0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg
shows many lines in that style.
GRUB is supposed to show a graphical menu after having read this file.
If it does not find the file, then you might get progress by executing
the commands of your favorite menu item in the shell. E.g with
"Graphical install":
grub> set background_color=black
grub> linux /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet
I got the message error: file '/install.amd/vmlinux' not found
On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, Charles Curley wrote:
But I did create a small FAT32 partition to be mounted on /boot/efi
Which option in the installer's partitioner did you use, one of the FAT
options, or the EFI one? The latter will create a partition with the
appropriate file system, and install suitable EFI files for you.
I missed the EFI one, which is the one I obviously need.
Roger
