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I have a MacBook 7,1 and I am attempting to configure 2 ssd's in RAID 0, with a fresh install of (64)Mint 18.1 xfce on top.
I used this tutorial -> https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=138044#p735417
as reprinted in Full Circle mag Issue #104
Everything has been peachy until just before time to reboot. After chroot, it will not allow me to install Grub into my new filesystem. It gives me the error : cannot find EFI directory
sudo grub-install
-> this gives me the error: cannot find EFI directory
sudo grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=linux-mint
-> gives me error: /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition
I have researched to the best of my noob ability and tried a couple things resulting in varying degrees of failure. If I simply reboot, not only can I not boot back up, but booting from the a LiveUSB shows that Mint was not even installed. It should be noted that I do not get the screen informing me to remove the installation medium and press 'enter'. I tried installing rEFInd instead, which seems to install ok and even allow the installation to complete upon reboot (although, still no 'remove medium and press enter' prompt) but then I cannot boot through rEFInd and must resort to my LiveUSB. I have no idea why this would happen if rEFInd was installed after chroot.
I am currently stuck post installation but pre-reboot, trying to install grub so I can restart to complete the Mint 18 install and reboot normally w/o the LiveUSB. Thanks you for any help. I am very much a noob so forgive me if I am all confused but I am determined to learn.
Please run the Boot Repair utility and select the "Create BootInfo Summary" option. (DO NOT click "Recommended Repair," at least not yet!) When asked whether to upload the report, click "Yes," and then post the URL provided here. This will give us more details about your configuration, which is required to base an answer on more than guesswork.
– Rod Smith – 2017-05-29T13:39:20.390https://pastebin.com/C24Hs9Pz -Thank you very much. To be clear, I would just like to be able to boot using refind without needing to use my Mint liveUSB installer. – Jireh Athens – 2017-05-30T00:47:24.960