[Bug 1840857] Re: Couldn't run grub-install on created EFI partition. Doesn't like boot on an NTFS

[martyfranchuk@gmail.com]

I concur. Some idiot shipped this computer with Windows 10 installed as
legacy system.

I will need to work on the resolution.

Thanks for pointing me.

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 9:40 PM Chris Guiver <guiverc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
>
> This is not a bug I suspect.
>
> The EFI spec states the format should be FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 as I
> read
>
> https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Spec_2_8_final.pdf#G17.1019485
>
> The bug is more whomever installed your system in a non-EFI
> specification compatible mode, not with Ubuntu which is following the
> EFI specifications.
>
> The following is quoted from EFI specification link provided :-
>
> 13.3 File System Format
> The file system supported by the Extensible Firmware Interface is based on
> the FAT file system. EFI
> defines a specific version of FAT that is explicitly documented and
> testable. Conformance to the EFI
> specification and its associate reference documents is the only definition
> of FAT that needs to be
> implemented to support EFI. To differentiate the EFI file system from pure
> FAT, a new partition file
> system type has been defined.
> EFI encompasses the use of FAT32 for a system partition, and FAT12 or
> FAT16 for removable media. The
> FAT32 system partition is identified by an OSType value other than that
> used to identify previous versions
> of FAT. This unique partition type distinguishes an EFI defined file
> system from a normal FAT file system.
> The file system supported by EFI includes support for long file names.
>
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> Title:
>   Couldn't run grub-install on created EFI partition. Doesn't like boot
>   on an NTFS
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Couldn't run grub-install on created EFI partition. Doesn't like boot
> being on a small NTFS. Wants it to be vfat.
>   I can't change that without wiping out existing Win 10 Pro install. Not
> going to mess with that.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
>   Package: ubiquity 19.04.9
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
>   Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperVersion: 1.405
>   Date: Tue Aug 20 19:50:36 2019
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  Couldn't run grub-install on created EFI partition. Doesn't like boot
  on an NTFS

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Couldn't run grub-install on created EFI partition. Doesn't like boot being on a small NTFS. Wants it to be vfat.
  I can't change that without wiping out existing Win 10 Pro install. Not going to mess with that.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: ubiquity 19.04.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.405
  Date: Tue Aug 20 19:50:36 2019
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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