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EFI Fresh Install fails to boot, 4K Sector Drives Fail to boot EFI
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kroy
Jan 3 2020, 8:50 PM
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F451960: uefi3.png
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F451962: uefi1.png
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F451964: uefi2.png
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F451968: uefi4.png
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Description

UEFI installs fail to boot with Buster. Even undoing T1415 doesn't appear to result in a bootable system.

Will dig in and research a solution

Details

Difficulty level
Normal (likely a few hours)
Version
1.3
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

kroy changed the task status from Open to Confirmed.Jan 3 2020, 8:50 PM
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@UnicronNL

I was hoping you have some input here.

This is just a rolling build with T1415 reverted:

uefi3.png (552×1 px, 169 KB)

I was able to get the grub menu up with:

uefi1.png (518×1 px, 106 KB)

But selecting one of the options results in:

uefi2.png (436×1 px, 45 KB)

Which clearly does exist:

uefi4.png (1×1 px, 247 KB)

I only have a workaround right now, it appears that grub.cfg can't be found. To boot at least the installed system do the following within the grub shell:

configfile /EFI/VyOS/grub.cfg

That should then show you the grub menu and you can boot the installed system.

PR corrects this. Buster forces secure-boot by default, which we don't support

kroy renamed this task from EFI Fresh Install fails to boot to EFI Fresh Install fails to boot, 4K Sector Drives Fail to boot EFI.Jan 13 2020, 9:38 PM

Also discovered during testing that 4K sector drives will fail to boot with EFI. Also fixed in the above PR

erkin set Issue type to Bug (incorrect behavior).Aug 31 2021, 5:57 PM