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grub-efi-amd64 in parallel
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Package: src:grub
Version: 2.04-18
Severity: normal
Dear Debian folks,
I have a Debian installation on a disk, I carry around, and I want to
boot on BIOS and (U)EFI systems. This would be possible with the switch
`--target`.
sudo grub-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda
and
sudo grub-install --target=x86_64-efi /dev/sda
Unfortunately I am unable to install both packages in parallel as they
conflict (Replaces?) with each other.
$ apt show grub-pc
[…]
Replaces: grub, grub-common (<= 1.97~beta2-1), grub-coreboot,
grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub2 (<<
2.04-18)
The GRUB build system also does not seem to allow to configure the build
to build the platforms in parallel, but in the end the files in
`/usr/lib/grub/` should be able to coexist.
It’ be great if Debian’s GRUB packages could be installed in parallel.
Kind regards,
Paul
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On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 09:19:28PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> I have a Debian installation on a disk, I carry around, and I want to boot
> on BIOS and (U)EFI systems. This would be possible with the switch
> `--target`.
>
> sudo grub-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda
>
> and
>
> sudo grub-install --target=x86_64-efi /dev/sda
>
> Unfortunately I am unable to install both packages in parallel as they
> conflict (Replaces?) with each other.
>
> $ apt show grub-pc
> […]
> Replaces: grub, grub-common (<= 1.97~beta2-1), grub-coreboot,
> grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub2 (<<
> 2.04-18)
The purpose of grub-pc and grub-efi-amd64 is to own the system's boot
process, and so only one of those may be installed at once; those
Conflicts are deliberate. However, to support your use case, you can
install grub-pc-bin and grub-efi-amd64-bin in parallel, and doing so
gives you enough to be able to run the grub-install commands you're
asking for.
--
Colin Watson (he/him) [[email protected]]
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