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#1 2021-06-10 22:12:22

highfrequencyhertz
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[SOLVED] Failed to get canonical path of /efi when installing grub.

So when I was not chrooted I did

mkdir /mnt/efi

then I mounted my efi partition to /mnt/efi with

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/efi

I then chrooted and attempted to install grub like this

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB"

but it says

grub-install : error :  failed to get canonical path of '/efi'

What is going wrong?

Last edited by highfrequencyhertz (2021-09-21 04:15:31)

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#2 2021-06-10 22:26:48

merlock
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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to get canonical path of /efi when installing grub.

highfrequencyhertz wrote:

So when I was not chrooted I did

mkdir /mnt/efi

then I mounted my efi partition to /mnt/efi with

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/efi

Did you mount your new root partition to /mnt prior to the above?


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#3 2021-06-10 22:29:04

highfrequencyhertz
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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to get canonical path of /efi when installing grub.

No, I mounted the efi system partition first, then the root partition.

Last edited by highfrequencyhertz (2021-06-10 22:30:11)

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#4 2021-06-10 22:47:59

loqs
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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to get canonical path of /efi when installing grub.

highfrequencyhertz wrote:

No, I mounted the efi system partition first, then the root partition.

Mounting /mnt after /mnt/efi hides /mnt/efi beneath the new /mnt.

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#5 2021-06-10 22:50:33

highfrequencyhertz
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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to get canonical path of /efi when installing grub.

Oh, thanks! I guess I have to REALLY follow the installation guide.

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