Re: Is efibootmgr expected to work?

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On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:46:56PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
 
> On Jun 20, 2013, at 5:14 AM, Alexander Volovics <a.volovic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
> > On a Dell Inspiron 7720 with a working up to date install
> > of Fed 19 beta I decided, for no good reason, to change the
> > order of the Fedora and CD entries in the EFI boot menu using
> > efibootmgr.
> > However when trying to boot again the only entry available
> > in the EFI boot menu was for PXE boot.
> > All other entries (Fedora, CD, USB) were either deleted or
> > "blanked".
> > So I am unable to boot Fedora in EFI mode again.
> > I have no time to look into this further at the moment but
> > I would like to know if it is at all save to use efibootmgr.

 
> efibootmgr depends on the kernel to poke the firmware to modify NVRAM. Since the kernel and UEFI firmware are bug free, yes efibootmgr should be safe. But in case you find more time you might look at:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975537
> and this comment lists other bugs that might be related (tagged against anaconda and efibootmgr):
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975537#c25
> So it seems there are some problems with some firmwares and/or some kernels modifying NVRAM.

I am going to look into this on Sunday, see if I can find out more
to make a bug report. Will also check the bugs you mentioned. 

AV

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