Configuring uefi boot

[CSCI Technician]

Hi Florian,

Thanks for the reply.  Yes I did.

The disk seems to be partitioned correctly and the packages that get 
installed are the efi versions.

What I'm not sure is if there is a class flag or something that I'm missing.

Cheers,
Merlin

On 11/26/19 4:33 AM, Florian Goth wrote:
> Hi Merlin,
> did you modify your disk setup to include a GPT partition as well as
> a /boot/efi entry?
> Best,
> Florian.
>
> Quoting CSCI Technician <tech at csci.viu.ca>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I continue to work through getting Debian Buster deployed to new 
>> hardware... I'm now trying to get it configured so the target uses 
>> uefi to boot.  I've managed to get most of it but I'm missing something.
>>
>> In Shell.log I'm seeing this:
>> =====   shell: GRUB_EFI/10-setup   =====
>> ainsl: appending to /target/etc/default/grub: 
>> GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
>> grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. 
>> Please specify --target or --directory.
>> Generating grub configuration file ...
>> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64
>> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64
>> done
>> GRUB_EFI/10-setup    FAILED with exit code 1.
>>
>> The related classes defined are GRUB and GRUB_EFI.  GRUB_PC is not 
>> defined.  What I'm not sure how to fix is to get grub-install to 
>> realize this is an efi and not a bios install so that it should be 
>> using the efi path instead of the i386-pc path.
>>
>> I see that grub-efi in installed and not any grub-pc related package.
>>
>> any insight into what I'm missing or what to look for would be 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Merlin
>>
>> -- 
>> Merlin Hansen
>> Department of Computing Science
>> Vancouver Island University
>> 900 Fifth Street
>> Nanaimo BC  V9R 5S5
>> 250-753-3245 x 2321
>> tech at csci.viu.ca
>
>
>

-- 
Merlin Hansen
Department of Computing Science
Vancouver Island University
900 Fifth Street
Nanaimo BC  V9R 5S5
250-753-3245 x 2321
tech at csci.viu.ca