Re: Do I need to act on this warning from apt when installing grub?

[Chris Green]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 08:56:08PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> On 12/12/2022 at 18:07, wrote :
> >      grub-install: warning: EFI variables cannot be set on this system.
> >      grub-install: warning: You will have to complete the GRUB setup 
> > manually.
> >      Installation finished. No error reported.
> > 
> > It's an Intel I5 based system and I *think* I'm still running legacy
> > BIOS rather than EFI.  Do I need to "complete the GRUB setup manually"?
> 
> No. Such warning is to be expected when the system is set up for legacy 
> boot. But why then are grub-efi-* packages even installed ?
> 
Thanks, can I tell remotely whether it really is set up for legacy
BIOS or EFI?

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Chris Green