Bug#868681: installation-reports: UEFI on HP z240 fails; needs hard-coded EFI path
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 09:37:06AM -0500, David R. Hedges wrote:
>Package: installation-reports
>Severity: important
>
>Dear Maintainer,
>
> * What led up to the situation?
>The machine is configured to use UEFI boot; the installer was booted as a UEFI
>target (manually selected). I used the 'regular' install (not graphical or
>advanced).
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
>I ran the installer per normal; I manually partitioned my NVMe drive with an
>EFI system partition and / as ext4. After the installer completed, I removed
>the USB installation media and rebooted. The machine did not boot into Debian.
>I could manually enter the HP boot setup menu and "boot from file," and navigate
>to the EFI path for Debian, but I could not add it as a boot option. I tried
>using efibootmgr to set the boot entry; it claimed to have succeeded, but did
>not result in a bootable system. Eventually I found a link[1] instucting me to
>replicate the Debian EFI boot program into EFI/Microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi,
>which was successful.
> * What was the outcome of this action?
>After the normal install, the system would not boot into Debian. After
>applying a workaround for a hard-coded EFI path, the system booted.
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
>I expected the system to boot successfully into Debian after running the
>installer.
OK, so you have broken firmware on your computer which is causing
this. Could you try the (better) workaround and install to the
removable media path please?
https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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