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Configuring bootloader error
I'm trying to install eOS 6 build on separate drive (500Gb). Right now I'm running eOS 5 in dualboot with Windows 10:
I tried to install eOS 6 on sdd, but got this error:
INFO: configuring bootloader
INFO: running "chroot" "/tmp/distinst.NJBJEwtbXwRd" "kernelstub" "--esp-path" "/boot/efi" "--add-options" "quiet loglevel=0 systemd.show_status=false splash" "--loader" "--manage-only" "--force-update" "--verbose"
INFO: running "chroot" "/tmp/distinst.NJBJEwtbXwRd" "update-grub"
WARN: Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
WARN: Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
WARN: Generating grub configuration file ...
WARN: Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-62-generic
WARN: Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-62-generic
WARN: /dev/sdf: open failed: No medium found
WARN: /dev/sdg: open failed: No medium found
WARN: /dev/sdf: open failed: No medium found
WARN: /dev/sdg: open failed: No medium found
WARN: Found elementary OS 5.1.7 Hera (5.1.7) on /dev/sdc1
INFO: configuring keyboard layout
INFO: running "chroot" "/tmp/distinst.NJBJEwtbXwRd" "localectl" "set-x11-keymap" "us" "" ""
INFO: running "chroot" "/tmp/distinst.NJBJEwtbXwRd" "/usr/bin/env" "-i" "SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_REDIRECT=_" "openvt" "--" "sh" "/etc/init.d/console-setup.sh" "reload"
INFO: running "chroot" "/tmp/distinst.NJBJEwtbXwRd" "ln" "-s" "/etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz" "/etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz"
INFO: running "chroot" "/tmp/distinst.NJBJEwtbXwRd" "update-initramfs" "-u"
INFO: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-62-generic
INFO: starting configuring bootloader step
INFO: /dev/sdd: installing bootloader for Bios
INFO: running "chroot" "/tmp/distinst.NJBJEwtbXwRd" "grub-install" "--recheck" "--target=i386-pc" "/dev/sdd"
WARN: Installing for i386-pc platform.
WARN: grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible.
WARN: grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
WARN: grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
ERROR: configuring bootloader error: command failed with exit status: exit code: 1
From your partition layout, it looks as though this is an EFI system, not a legacy BIOS system?
However, it looks as though, the installer has detected it as a BIOS system. You didn't boot the installer in some kind of legacy mode or something did you?
I have two options when in Boot Menu.
- USB SanDisk
- UEFI SanDisk
I'll try again too boot in UEFI, to be sure I did not chose non-UEFI mode. Be back in 15min.
OK. So this time I did use UEFI boot option and got now the same error, but different error code.
exit status code: 5 sorry for pointer hovering over the number.
That's definitely a different error, the full log would be helpful. Also which partition are you selecting as your /boot/efi mount point?
The smaller one :)
Out of interest, have you tried booting that drive you've installed elementary on using your PC's BIOS/Firmware boot options?
Also thought about this, but forgot to test. And it works!
When booting from sdd (eOS 6) it shows proper list of all installed systems.
However installer should add eOS 6 to already existing grub, I suppose.
The last step of the installer is supposed to configure your system's EFI to boot from the new GRUB installation by default. So your system would boot elementary OS 6.0's GRUB menu, which should contain options for all other OSes installed on your PC.
It is this last step that is failing for some reason. We can see from the logs that it's trying to run the following:
efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/sdd --part 2 --write-signature --label "elementary OS 6 Early Access" --loader \\EFI\\ubuntu\\grubx64.efi
If you wanted, you could try running that within the newly installed elementary OS 6.0 system and add a --verbose flag too. It might give some more helpful output about why it's failing. It will need sudo too.
sudo efibootmgr --create --disk /dev/sdd --part 2 --write-signature --label "elementary OS 6 Early Access" --loader \\EFI\\ubuntu\\grubx64.efi --verbose
produces this:
BootCurrent: 000A
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0000,0001,000A,0006,0007
Boot0000* ubuntu HD(2,GPT,bb355a6b-5675-430c-a7a2-feb6de3efce5,0xfa000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\UBUNTU\SHIMX64.EFI)
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,bb355a6b-5675-430c-a7a2-feb6de3efce5,0xfa000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...M................
Boot0006* Hard Drive BBS(HD,,0x0)..GO..NO........u.H.i.t.a.c.h.i. .H.T.S.5.4.7.5.5.0.A.9.E.3.8.4....................A.................................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . . . .2.J.6.1.0.0.1.5.7.D.W.1.D.A........BO..NO........u.S.T.1.0.0.0.L.M.0.4.8.-.2.E.7.1.7.2....................A.................................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . . . . . . . . . .G.W.3.S.4.K.0.0........BO..NO........u.L.I.T.E.O.N.I.T. .L.C.S.-.1.2.8.M.6.S....................A.................................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.4.2.2.5.2.1.0.6.7.2. . . . . . . . ........BO..NO........u.P.N.Y. .C.S.9.0.0. .5.0.0.G.B. .S.S.D....................A.................................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.N.P.1.Y.2.0.2.0.8.2.1.5.0.2.0.1.2.3.3.A........BO
Boot0007* USB BBS(USB,,0x0)..GO..NO........g.G.e.n.e.r.i.c. .M.a.s.s.S.t.o.r.a.g.e.C.l.a.s.s.1.5.3.8....................A......................................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.5.3.8........BO..NO........l.G.e.n.e.r.i.c. .M.a.s.s.S.t.o.r.a.g.e.C.l.a.s.s.1.5.3.8....................A...........................................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.5.3.8........BO
Boot000A* ubuntu HD(2,GPT,80811ddd-9a03-4917-a6a2-c57cfb9bb966,0x3a192000,0x1f3ffe)/File(\EFI\UBUNTU\SHIMX64.EFI)..BO
Boot0002* elementary OS 6 Early Access HD(2,GPT,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000,0x0,0x1)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi)
That looks like it probably worked without errors. Does your PC use the elementary OS 6.0 GRUB on the next boot?
If you run the efibootmgr command again, do you get the same output?
What is the result of echo $? after running the efibootmgr command?
Got this:
efibootmgr: ** Warning ** : Boot0002 has same label elementary OS 6 Early Access
Could not prepare Boot variable: Invalid argument
But I also still have set eOS 5 as first boot device in BIOS. So maybe that's because of it :thinking: