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Install Fails on System with 32-Bit EFI (Bootloader error) #90

Closed Cralex closed 1 year ago

Cralex commented 2 years ago

Hey there. I have an Acer Aspire Switch 10 (Aspire SW5-015) that I'm trying to install to. The machine is bizarre in that, while the processor supports 64-bit, the EFI is only 32-bit. (There is no legacy boot option, nor is there a firmware update or hack that I'm aware of that makes the EFI support 64-bit.) Because of this needlessly obscure setup, many linux distributions can't even boot install media on it. SpiralLinux can, though, and it even supports the built-in wifi out of the box. Hooray!

...But the install always fails during the bootloader step. The installer complains that running the following command returns an error.

grub-install --target=i386-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=debian --force

Trying this command in the terminal gives me some more details.

grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory

I've tried this with the xfce, mate, and builder images with the same result.

geckolinux commented 1 year ago

Hi there @Cralex , my apologies for not getting back with you on this issue. I'm currently working on the next set of ISO refreshes for SpiralLinux, and there might be a way to support 32-bit EFI. Would you be available to give a test ISO a spin?

geckolinux commented 1 year ago

Support for 32-bit EFI potentially implemented in the SpiralLinux 11.220925 release. Success or failure reports would be appreciated.