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Bootloader error #23

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ghost opened this issue Oct 10, 2015 · 2 comments
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Bootloader error #23

ghost opened this issue Oct 10, 2015 · 2 comments

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@ghost
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ghost commented Oct 10, 2015

Hey! So I'm just about to finish the installation of the latest version of Apricity and I got this error:

Boost.Python error in job "bootloader".
<class 'subprocess.CalledProcessError'>
Command 'grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force /dev/sda' returned non-zero exit status 1
Traceback:
File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 243, in run
prepare_bootloader(fw_type)

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 231, in prepare_bootloader
install_grub(efi_directory, fw_type)

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 191, in install_grub
"--recheck", "--force", boot_loader["installPath"]])

File "", line 2, in

With the title of problem being : Installation Failed

@agajews
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agajews commented Oct 10, 2015

This is almost certainly because you're using the advanced partitioner, are booting with UEFI, and didn't tell it to make a fat32 formatted /boot/efi partition.

@RecklezzPenguin
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@Murii As @agajews mentioned during the installation did you make a fat32 formatted /boot/efi partition?

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