On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 08:56:08PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > On 12/12/2022 at 18:07, wrote : > > grub-install: warning: EFI variables cannot be set on this system. > > grub-install: warning: You will have to complete the GRUB setup > > manually. > > Installation finished. No error reported. > > > > It's an Intel I5 based system and I *think* I'm still running legacy > > BIOS rather than EFI. Do I need to "complete the GRUB setup manually"? > > No. Such warning is to be expected when the system is set up for legacy > boot. But why then are grub-efi-* packages even installed ? > Thanks, can I tell remotely whether it really is set up for legacy BIOS or EFI?
-- Chris Green
