On 9 April 2016 06:43:50 BST, pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote : > > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 13:26:31 -0400, Poison BL. wrote: > > > > > --> /boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi > > > This one is what your UEFI's loading at boot. The lack of any > other > > > files in /boot/efi/boot/ makes me suspect Grub's not actually > > > installed in quite the right spot for the UEFI layer to load it. > If > > > you pointed grub2-install at the right place (the second command > line > > > at [1]), I believe you should have grubx64.efi there as well. > > > > Did you build GRUB with GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"? > > Yes, as instructed in the wiki. > > > As you're using EFI, you may find life easier if you dispense with > GRUB > > and use Gummiboot. I find it (or the systemd version) far more > friendly. > > Maybe I should give it a go - thanks for the idea. I did consider it > but then I was deterred by its description as "minimalistic".
The usual complaint about GRUB2 is that it is too complex, so minimal is good here. I only have it installed to be able to boot my System Rescue ISO in an emergency, I've not found a way to go that without GRUB. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
