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Re: failure to install debian

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: failure to install debian
Date 2020-03-09 19:20 +0100
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On Mon 09 Mar 2020 at 11:43:25 (+0800), kaye n wrote:
> 
> I messed up my Debian so I'm trying re-install with a live USB, however it
> always fails. I get this message:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Boost.Python error in job "bootloader".
> 
> Command 'grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi
> --bootloader-id=Debian --force' returned non-zero exit status 1.
> 
> Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install: warning: Cannot set EFI
> variable Boot0000. grub-install: warning: efivarfs_set_variable: writing to
> fd 7 failed: No space left on device. grub-install: warning:
               ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑
> _efi_set_variable_mode: ops->set_variable() failed: No space left on
> device. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: No
> space left on device.

Sorry to be naive. Could it simply be that the ESP is full?

Cheers,
David.

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failure to install debian kaye n <guikaye@gmail.com> - 2020-03-09 04:50 +0100
  Re: failure to install debian David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-03-09 05:40 +0100
  Re: failure to install debian Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-03-09 09:40 +0100
    Re: failure to install debian kaye n <guikaye@gmail.com> - 2020-03-09 19:40 +0100
      Re: failure to install debian kaye n <guikaye@gmail.com> - 2020-03-09 19:50 +0100
        Re: failure to install debian Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-03-09 20:00 +0100
        Re: failure to install debian David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-03-09 20:30 +0100
  Re: failure to install debian David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-03-09 19:20 +0100
    Re: failure to install debian kaye n <guikaye@gmail.com> - 2020-03-09 19:40 +0100
  Re: failure to install debian Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2020-03-09 22:30 +0100
    Re: failure to install debian Leandro Noferini <lnoferin@cybervalley.org> - 2020-03-19 18:30 +0100

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