On Fri, November 21, 2014 15:35, Paul Klos wrote: > Op vrijdag, november 21, 2014 14:06:24 schreef J. Roeleveld: >> >> I use VirtualBox on my laptop for testing and haven't had to add >> anything to >> GRUB_PLATFORMS ever. > > Strange, I couldn't get grub2-install to run without diving into > GRUB_PLATFORMS. > > I installed not too long ago and I've had to re-emerge grub a few times > with > different settings until it finally agreed to install itself. > > Come to think of it, I may have started out with my desktop copy of > make.conf, > which is configured for EFI boot. > > I might have a go without GRUB_PLATFORMS altogether and see what happens. > > Paul
Unless specifically mentioned, VirtualBox does not use EFI. That could easily be the difference we are seeing. -- Joost
