Belair Stormwalker
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I will give a little background to what I am trying to do.
My Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS crashed when Ubuntu released .3 update. After the update, my external display no longer worked. My laptop is an HP ENVY Notebook - 17t-k200 CTO (ENERGY STAR), which has an Nvidia chipset for the external display. Due to my failing eyesight, I use a 65" TV as my monitor. Long-story-short, I lost my entire Linux install. I decided to completely wipe the drive and install several different Linux distros instead of just one. The distros will change over time since I want to try to work with several different flavors over time.
Here is my dilemma. What type of partition EXACTLY does GRUB2 need to be installed on for it to work with several different OS's. Ubuntu would NOT install unless GRUB2 was installed in a FAT32 partition, but Linux Mint wanted an EFI partition for GRUB2. openSUSE Tumbleweed can't install either.
I have read man page after man page and NOBODY gives a clear explanation as to WHAT kind of partition GRUB2 needs to be installed on. Can anyone here point me to something that will actually tell me the answer to this question? It seems like such a simple question, but NOBODY answers it, that I have found so far.
My Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS crashed when Ubuntu released .3 update. After the update, my external display no longer worked. My laptop is an HP ENVY Notebook - 17t-k200 CTO (ENERGY STAR), which has an Nvidia chipset for the external display. Due to my failing eyesight, I use a 65" TV as my monitor. Long-story-short, I lost my entire Linux install. I decided to completely wipe the drive and install several different Linux distros instead of just one. The distros will change over time since I want to try to work with several different flavors over time.
Here is my dilemma. What type of partition EXACTLY does GRUB2 need to be installed on for it to work with several different OS's. Ubuntu would NOT install unless GRUB2 was installed in a FAT32 partition, but Linux Mint wanted an EFI partition for GRUB2. openSUSE Tumbleweed can't install either.
I have read man page after man page and NOBODY gives a clear explanation as to WHAT kind of partition GRUB2 needs to be installed on. Can anyone here point me to something that will actually tell me the answer to this question? It seems like such a simple question, but NOBODY answers it, that I have found so far.