yes. actually, i had already created it, in the installer i only selected it as "efi system partition", but i don't think there is any real difference francesco florian
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > > So you already have an EFI system partition on /dev/sda, but in the > partitioning screen of the installer, you chose to create another one on > /dev/sdb with the intention of using that one, but it still used the one > in /dev/sda? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396379 > > Title: > grub2 does not install in the correct partition on efi system > > Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > (k)ubuntu 14.04.1 > package version: 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1 > > i installed ubuntu on my external hard disk, where i also have a > previously installed fedora system. i also have a windows > (efi-booted) system in the internal hard disk. > > at install time via ubiquity i get all grub configuration files in the > first EFI-labelled partition (i.e. /dev/sda2 in my case) instead of the one > i selected (/dev/sdb1). > later i changed my fstab mounting /boot/efi on /dev/sdb1 and tried to > reinstall grub package (apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64); now > all grub configuration files are in the rigt place, but booting from the > external hard disk still shows the fedora grub installation, while selectin > the internal hard disk from the bios menu shows a submenu listing ubuntu > and windows. > explicitly installing grub in the correct disk (grub-install /dev/sdb; > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg) has no effect, nor it has > running efibootmgr (efibootmgr -c --disk /dev/sdb --part 1). > > expected results: grub shoud have been installed in the disk/partition i > chose; > actual results: ubuntu always chooses the first disk to install grub on. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1396379/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396379 Title: grub2 does not install in the correct partition on efi system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1396379/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
