grub re-install can't find EFI directory
by Nishtya from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6H7TH)
Not exactly a newbie to linux but I am with pure EFI boots.
I am trying to give back control of grub to my main install which is kubuntu on sda3. Please see output fdisk -l below
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 47F4F7C8-1323-4270-9F4C-59053B5DC8A5
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1128447 1126400 550M EFI System
/dev/sda2 1128448 144488447 143360000 68.4G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda3 144488448 322303999 177815552 84.8G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda4 322304000 411922431 89618432 42.7G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 411922432 500117503 88195072 42.1G Linux filesystem
Things were going along fine with a fresh install of windows 10, pclos and kubuntu on a new SSD when I decided to add one more "play with" distro, mageia (sda5). On install it did as I figured and took over the grub menu. I can boot anything fine from there. But I want kubuntu (sda3)to have control so I booted a live usb and attempted the fix I always do but grub is giving me "can't find EFI directory" it is right there - sda1 but no way of mounting I try gets the job done - can you tell me where I am going wrong? I have done this fix more times than I can count on legacy/BIOS but EFI is new to me.
I am trying to give back control of grub to my main install which is kubuntu on sda3. Please see output fdisk -l below
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 47F4F7C8-1323-4270-9F4C-59053B5DC8A5
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1128447 1126400 550M EFI System
/dev/sda2 1128448 144488447 143360000 68.4G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda3 144488448 322303999 177815552 84.8G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda4 322304000 411922431 89618432 42.7G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda5 411922432 500117503 88195072 42.1G Linux filesystem
Things were going along fine with a fresh install of windows 10, pclos and kubuntu on a new SSD when I decided to add one more "play with" distro, mageia (sda5). On install it did as I figured and took over the grub menu. I can boot anything fine from there. But I want kubuntu (sda3)to have control so I booted a live usb and attempted the fix I always do but grub is giving me "can't find EFI directory" it is right there - sda1 but no way of mounting I try gets the job done - can you tell me where I am going wrong? I have done this fix more times than I can count on legacy/BIOS but EFI is new to me.