Product: Fedora Version: 18 Component: grub2 Lingzhu Xiang <lxiang@xxxxxxxxxx> has asked for fedora_requires_release_note: Bug 886412: grub2-install prevents UEFI booting https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886412 ------- Additional Comments from Lingzhu Xiang <lxiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Description of problem: grub2-install will install grubx64.efi with hardcoded (,gpt2)/grub2 as the prefix. After reboot, grubx64.efi can't find its grub.cfg and falls back into rescue shell. Despite whether there is a legitimate use case of grub2-install on UEFI F18, grub2-install could avoid doing harm when the user hasn't updated their expectation of bootloder installation. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F18 Beta grub2-tools-2.00-12.fc18.x86_64 grub2-efi-2.00-12.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: Reproduced on IBM x3550 M3 and QEMU VMs (all UEFI). Steps to Reproduce: 1. A standard pxeboot installation on a UEFI system. 2. sh -x grub2-install /dev/sda >grub2-install.log 3. reboot Actual results: [root@localhost ~]# grep -ao .,gpt.. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grubx64.efi (,gpt2) (reboot, and fall into rescue shell) grub> echo $prefix (hd0,gpt2)/grub2 Expected results: grub2-install uses correct prefix for grubx64.efi. Or grub2-install fails gracefully and points user to proper method of UEFI bootloader installation. Additional info: Disk layout: sda 8:0 0 16G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 200M 0 part /boot/efi ├─sda2 8:2 0 500M 0 part /boot └─sda3 8:3 0 15.3G 0 part ├─fedora-swap (dm-0) 253:0 0 4G 0 lvm [SWAP] └─fedora-root (dm-1) 253:1 0 11.4G 0 lvm / A temporary workaround: grub> configfile (hd0,gpt1)/efi/fedora/grub.cfg -- relnotes-content mailing list relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/relnotes-content
