

I will demonstrate with Ubuntu, but the basic logic applies for most distributions,Īlthough few of them support UEFI natively at the moment. This is going to be a lengthy procedure, but it will work. Grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by usingīlocklists.


Grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. Grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition embedding won't be Sudo grub-install -root-directory /mnt /dev/sda What you'll see is this, including double spacing and Instructions, and then fail, because they won't work. Now, to restore Ubuntu, you will need to boot into a live session, follow the You are booting in the UEFI mode, with or without Secure Boot enabled, and it worked flawlessly, until after Into the empty space left reserved for exactly this purpose, Then, I also added Windows 10 Technical Preview Hosted Windows 8.1, which comes preinstalled plus a bunch of hidden recovery partitions by the vendor, Ubuntu, Procedure that I've outlined in my GRUB2 guide is not working. Now, you're trying to recover/restore GRUB, but the standard Ubuntu or Mint happily installed on a machine, and then youĪdded Windows, which ruined the bootloader. This can happen if you've had a Linux distro, e.g. That said, you've probably reached this page because you have trouble recovering your GRUB If you're a newbie, you're better off reading my original tutorials on this topic first, before trying anything This works partially, I can now boot but there is directly the EFI/Grub shell> prompt.This guide will mostly be useful to people well familiar with the GRUB/GRUB bootloader, and Linux in general. I need to put the option -force to permit to install it. Grub2-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged… GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. Grub2-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. Grub2-install: warning: …/grub-core/partmap/gpt.c:192:this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition embedding won’t be possible. # LANG=C grub2-install -target=i386-pc /dev/sdb So, I’m searching a solution to install GRUB on the MBR.

I have a new device, a chromebook, there is a hack to boot on external USB but for my model it’s restricted to legacy BIOS. My Silverblue is installed on an external USB SSD, to permit me to easily connect it to my laptop, or desktop, or at works, macbook, etc…
