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Bug#1034812: Unbootable after install: UEFI installed to wrong ESP

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Subject	Bug#1034812: Unbootable after install: UEFI installed to wrong ESP
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On 17/05/2024 at 13:22, Jmkr wrote:
> Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>
>> You can set an alternative name and location by running grub-install
>> with --bootloader-id=<name> or with GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=<name> in
>> /etc/default/grub. It also affects the directory name in the ESP. But
>> depending on the grub package version, monolithic GRUB images (signed
>> for secure boot) do not support being installed in another location than
>> /EFI/debian (I have been advocating to fix this but no luck so far).
> 
> Thanks for this as well as the other info you provided - it is nice to know even if I may end up not using it (as I probably want to use "/EFI/debian" directory for GRUB with just custom EFI boot entry names).

You can run grub-install with --no-nvram to install GRUB without writing 
EFI boot variables. The Debian installer also has an option for this in 
expert mode. Then you can create a custom boot entry with efibootmgr.

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