Bug 1474109

Summary: Can't grub2-install on MacBook (hfs+ /boot/efi partition)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Michał Radwański <enedil>
Component: grub2Assignee: Peter Jones <pjones>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Michał Radwański 2017-07-23 23:45:09 UTC
Description of problem:

I can't do `grub2-install` on my MacBook since EFI partition is hfs+ and grub2-install refuses to work.

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How reproducible:

I suspect I'm not the only victim, as this bug has been talked about on Debian bugtracker (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=716927).

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora with default settings on MacBook
2. Execute `grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi/`

Actual results:

$ sudo grub2-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi/
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub2-install: error: Can't create file: No such file or directory.

Expected results:
grub2 install exits normally 

Additional info:
I have MacBook Pro Retina 13" late 2015 (also known as MacBook12,1)

Comment 1 Michał Radwański 2017-07-23 23:56:45 UTC
It appears that if I create file `/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/mach_kernel` I can finish the installation without error (at least grub2-install tells me so). I'm still not sure whether there aren't any additional underlying problems.

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