Hey guys,
Been doing a few Debian installs for the last couple weeks to feel out different environments and one thing I've noticed is that I never get presented with the option of where to install the bootloader. In calamares the box doesn't appear at the bottom, and in the normal installer it just outright skips the bootloader step. Every install video I watch just has it and I even remember seeing it myself a while back.......but now it's gone.
SOLVED:
Enabled Legacy ONLY for grub option.
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Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
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Re: Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
Are you doing a BIOS or a UEFI install? You won't get an option on where to install GRUB on a UEFI install.
Re: Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
Ah, yes thank you!thinman wrote:Are you doing a BIOS or a UEFI install? You won't get an option on where to install GRUB on a UEFI install.
BIOS's were set to legacy AND uefi. Changed it to legacy only and all is fine now. Stupid me, that's what I get for assuming it would work!
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Re: Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
UEFI installations don't ask for a target device because it can only use the EFI system partition and it's trivial to change the boot order afterwards with efibootmgr(8).
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Re: Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
Actually you will if you select "expert install" in the Debian installer boot menu or change the question priority to low in the main menu : then it will offer to install GRUB in the removable device path.thinman wrote:You won't get an option on where to install GRUB on a UEFI install.
What if there are multiple EFI system partitions ?Head_on_a_Stick wrote:UEFI installations don't ask for a target device because it can only use the EFI system partition
Also, the installer could ask which bootloader-id to use instead of "debian" for creating both the subdirectory in /EFI and the boot entry in the EFI boot variables. It would be useful when you install multiple instances of Debian.
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Re: Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
Yes, it would be useful to have a choice in that situation. But some UEFI firmware implementations will only boot from the "first" ESP anyway, AFAIUI.p.H wrote:What if there are multiple EFI system partitions ?Head_on_a_Stick wrote:UEFI installations don't ask for a target device because it can only use the EFI system partition
What about that bug you reported to Debian involving hard-coded locations for the /EFI subdirectories in the grubx64.efi loader? It had no substantial responses last time I checked. Or am I remembering incorrectly?p.H wrote:the installer could ask which bootloader-id to use instead of "debian" for creating both the subdirectory in /EFI and the boot entry in the EFI boot variables.
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Re: Why would the bootloader install option not appear?
Right, fixing this bug would be a prerequisite to the Debian installer evolution I suggested.
There has not been any update but I submitted this bug before buster was released. Maybe there has been some change in the package but I haven't checked since then.
There has not been any update but I submitted this bug before buster was released. Maybe there has been some change in the package but I haven't checked since then.