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Boost.Python error in job "bootloader".
Command 'grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=Salient_OS --force' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install: error: /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition.
Traceback:
File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 476, in run
prepare_bootloader(fw_type)
File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 448, in prepare_bootloader
install_grub(efi_directory, fw_type)
File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 310, in install_grub
check_target_env_call([libcalamares.job.configuration["grubInstall"],
File "<string>", line 5, in <module>
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Please let me know what I can do in order to successfully install (KDE Version)
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Last edit: alt3r3d 2021-02-05
Did you make sure to create a GPT partition table and not use an MBR partition table?
"Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install: error: /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition."
You would have to use Manual Partitioning first to create a new GPT partition table, add a 300MB or 512MB (size is your choice) FAT32 partition for /boot/efi. Then add other partitions for root/home (either one large or split partitions of your choice).
Hi Silent Robot!
Excuse me if I write in this topic but you mentioned this thing and it worried me about installing Salient os on my computer...
You say we must have a GPT partition table to install successfully. I Have a Windows installation that I want to keep, but I don´t know how to figure out whether my partition table is GPT or not...
Could you help me? Thanks!
Awesome, thanks! got it to work. Only issue I seem to be having is no sound or mic access. Anything I can do to get these working? I installed it on an X1 Carbon 8gen which has dedicated graphics and included the intel drivers from the check list. Not sure what to do now though.
Do you know which audio chipset the X1 Carbon uses? That would help me narrow down a solution if it is a firmware / driver issue.
Although, you may want to check in pavucontrol (audio icon in system tray), open it and make sure it is actually sourcing your audio device properly. Click the sound icon and choose Audio Mixer. Go to the Configuration tab and make sure your device is listed there.
Alternately you can open a terminal and paste the following to get a list of audio devices:
It should produce a list of devices the system can see. Also,
Will display in the output, a Default Sink and a Default Output. Once you know what the system is seeing as the default, you can change this in pavucontrol to the correct device.