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  • this question doesn't make a lot of sense to me. UEFI specifies a GPT formatted esp - which includes an MBR, but its a dummy because the MBR was always dumb. I think you just don't understand what you want, and probably what you already have. If its a UEFI system, then you don't want a bootloader - UEFI includes one in the firmware, and bootloaders only ever existed in the first place because MBR is dumb. Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 4:25
  • The UEFI version of GRUB doesn't go in the MBR, it goes in the EFI system partition. The MBR isn't involved in UEFI booting at all. Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 5:05
  • If you are using Windows 8 or later, you are almost certainly already UEFI booting Windows from a FAT32 filesystem located in the ESP (EFI System Partition). This is where you would install GRUB2 and where GRUB2's configuration file would reside, i.e. /boot/grub/grub.cfg Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 8:20
  • @fpmurphy1 That is exactly what I want help with, and I knew MBR was the wrong term, hence the ?. But "Master Boot Record" sure sounds like the right words. Anyway, I have a Clevo (brand laptop) with 0 bloatware (don't think i have UEFI firmware settings, its just BIOS) a UEFI set up/booting Windows 10 education x64 and unlocked Prema Bios. Can you direct me to installing grub 2 the Fat32 EFI partition? Everytime I install Grub2 via LiveCD (I install the OS then delete it, it installs grub inside the OS and breaks when I delete OS) Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 8:48