Re: Bug#730639: efibootmgr freeze system when creating boot entry
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 07:31:54PM +0400, kasatkinnv@gmail.com wrote:
>Subject: efibootmgr freeze system when creating boot entry
>Package: efibootmgr
>Version: 0.5.4-7
>Severity: important
>
>Dear Maintainer,
>
>I'm trying to install Debian on Inel UEFI board. The system freezes
>completely at the end of install phase, when grub (or elilo) tries to
>create boot menu entry in UEFI BIOS. I've already tried different
>versions of efibootmgr (from Debian Wheezy, Jessie, also from Ubuntu
>13.10 and OpenSuSE 13.1) to no avail. If I run efibootmgr without
>arguments it works and displays current boot entries. If I understand
>correctly read works, but not write.
>
>The efivars module is loaded:
>root@goliath:~# lsmod | grep efivars
>efivars 17257 1 efi_pstore
>
>There is many entries in /sys/firmware/efi/vars/
>
>The motherboard is Intel Workstation Board S5520SC.
>
>Latest firmware update is installed on this board.
>
>My current workaround is to install system without bootloader, boot
>from live USB, comment out efibootmgr calls in
>/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/grub-install, run grub-install, reboot,
>manually create EFI boot entry in BIOS setup menu.
>
>What can I do to debug this issue?
It sounds like you have either a kernel or hardware issue here -
efibootmgr just uses the kernel-provided files in /sys as its
interface to the hardware. Adding a CC to the kernel list in case
anybody there has suggestions...
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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