Bug#716927: grub-efi-amd64: grub-efi doesn't support HFS+ EFI partitions

[Muammar El Khatib]

Hi Mike,


So finally, I had a time to test what you have written.

On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 02:21:03PM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
>
> Actually, it works, but requires the mach_kernel file to be in
> /boot/efi/EFI/debian. Once you're past that, all chances are you get an
> unbootable system. At least that's the state mine is right now.
>

That's correct. After placing the mach_kernel file in /boot/efi/EFI/debian the
system gets in an unbootable state even if grub-install says everything is ok.


On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 05:28:04PM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
>
> So, the problem is that the new grub expecting and putting stuff in
> /boot/efi/EFI/debian conflicts with my previous hack. Once I purge
> /boot/efi/System, and rerun grub-install, I can finally get a bootable
> system.
>

I have tried to purge /boot/efi/System and rerun grub-install but my system is
still unbootable.

I also tried the following:  with a  bootable system in efi mode using grub
2.00-22 with your hack, I purged grub completely (apt-get --purge remove grub*).
Then I started the procedure from scratch using this latest version but this
didn't work either for me

So for the moments, I have just gotten back to grub-efi-amd64 version 2.00-22.
I marked as in hold: grub-common grub-efi grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-amd64-bin
grub2-common. I find your hack very convenient (many things work better in efi
mode in my macbook). So I prefer to stay with this old version more time to see
if I get it working than use grub-pc.


Regards

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