* [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI
@ 2020-12-12 2:28 thelma
2020-12-12 7:17 ` Dan Egli
2020-12-12 7:51 ` J. Roeleveld
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From: thelma @ 2020-12-12 2:28 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo mailing list
I was trying to check VFAT boot partition on my disk with Gparted but it
failed. Root partition checked OK.
Can I format the VFAT to EXT2 and install grub on it without EFI?
There is a possibility VFAT partition got damaged.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI
2020-12-12 2:28 [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI thelma
@ 2020-12-12 7:17 ` Dan Egli
2020-12-12 7:51 ` J. Roeleveld
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From: Dan Egli @ 2020-12-12 7:17 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user, thelma
As long as your system is set to use legacy/bios mode instead of EFI
then I don't see why not.
On 12/11/2020 7:28 PM, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> I was trying to check VFAT boot partition on my disk with Gparted but it
> failed. Root partition checked OK.
>
> Can I format the VFAT to EXT2 and install grub on it without EFI?
>
> There is a possibility VFAT partition got damaged.
>
>
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Dan Egli
From my Test Server
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* Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI
2020-12-12 2:28 [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI thelma
2020-12-12 7:17 ` Dan Egli
@ 2020-12-12 7:51 ` J. Roeleveld
2020-12-12 11:21 ` Michael
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From: J. Roeleveld @ 2020-12-12 7:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 12 December 2020 03:28:35 CET, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>I was trying to check VFAT boot partition on my disk with Gparted but
>it
>failed. Root partition checked OK.
>
>Can I format the VFAT to EXT2 and install grub on it without EFI?
>
>There is a possibility VFAT partition got damaged.
UEFI needs VFAT for the efi-partition.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI system - installing Grub without EFI
2020-12-12 7:51 ` J. Roeleveld
@ 2020-12-12 11:21 ` Michael
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From: Michael @ 2020-12-12 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Saturday, 12 December 2020 07:51:06 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On 12 December 2020 03:28:35 CET, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> >I was trying to check VFAT boot partition on my disk with Gparted but
> >it failed. Root partition checked OK.
How did it fail?
What message did you get?
How did you repair it?
> >Can I format the VFAT to EXT2 and install grub on it without EFI?
Why? What is there to gain by moving from UEFI firmware booting your OS, to
using the same UEFI firmware to emulate a legacy BIOS in order to boot your
OS?
I suggest it would be better to find out what is wrong with your UEFI set up
and fix that in the first instance, instead of jumping around without
bottoming out the cause of any failure.
> >There is a possibility VFAT partition got damaged.
>
> UEFI needs VFAT for the efi-partition.
Yes, a UEFI MoBo needs a partition type of ESP 'EFI system partition'
formatted in fat (12, 16, or 32).
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