Bug#931910: Installation report with missing UEFI boot entry
Control: reassign efibootmgr
Control: forcemerge -1 905319
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 10:22:01AM +0200, Michael Hoffmann wrote:
>Package: installation-reports
>
>Boot method: DVD image on USB stick
>Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/
>debian-10.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso
>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2019 02:20:00 +0200
>
>Machine: Dell XPS 13 9360
>Processor: Intel Core i7
>Memory: 16GB
>Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
>
>Comments/Problems:
>
>No UEFI boot entries were installed and after reboot my laptop
>wouldn't boot. I managed to add a UEFI boot entry manually in the BIOS
>setup, after which everything works fine.
>
>I'm attaching syslog from /var/log/installer/
Hi Michael,
This sounds like you're seeing exactly the same problem as Helen
reported (and demonstrated to me) in #905319. The onboard nvme disk on
the Dell XPS machines apparently isn't properly mapped in the firmware
so that new EFI boot variables don't work. grub-install adds an entry
pointing at the first "hard disk" which should normally work on most
machines.
Pending a firmware fix, there is a workaround - install to the
removable media path too. See
https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path
for more information. Merging the bugs...
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane
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