From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: buen ouanq <buenouanq@gmail.com>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>, 27794@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27794: efi vs bios grub detection
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:01:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <867dojtypb.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <864kkivpn6.fsf@gmail.com> (zimoun's message of "Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:13:33 +0100")
Hi,
On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 21:13, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 at 16:22, buen ouanq <buenouanq@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It was recommended in the IRC room that I send this email. I
>> struggled all yesterday failing to get GRUB (and thus GuixSD) to
>> install in ways that I was positive had worked before. Turns out the
>> installation USB had booted UEFI rather than BIOS, so it refused to
>> install what I understood to be the default (BIOS GRUB), even though I
>> had done and partitioned everything correctly, and there were no
>> meaningful hints as to why. It would be nice if there was a little
>> note about this in the install guide, something along the lines of,
>> `EFI/BIOS detection for GRUB depends on how the installation image was
>> booted.' (or whatever it actually does, I'm not sure really).
>
> This bug is very old and had been forgotten. I do not think it is
> relevant anymore. If it is, could you provide moreinfo. Otherwise, I
> will close it after the usual 3 weeks delay.
>
> <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/27794>
If no moreinfo, I will close this bug in the coming days.
All the best,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-11 13:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-22 22:22 bug#27794: efi vs bios grub detection buen ouanq
2020-12-18 20:13 ` zimoun
2021-01-11 13:01 ` zimoun [this message]
2021-03-24 22:00 ` zimoun
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