Re: Problems installing grub during buster d-i of a machine with only NVMe storage
Hey Andy,
On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 05:57:46AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 01:35:48AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
>> Nov 21 01:02:25 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force-extra-removable --force "dummy"
>> Nov 21 01:02:25 grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
>> Nov 21 01:02:25 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: vars_get_variable: open(/sys/firmware/efi/vars/blk0-47c7b225-c42a-11d2-8e57-00a0c969723b/raw_var, O_RDONLY) failed: No such file or directory.
>
>I think the problem is in libefiboot and is fixed here:
>
> https://github.com/rhboot/efivar/pull/139
>
>It being the parsing of /sys/dev/block links - it seems to choke on
>/sys/dev/block/259:1 ->
>../../devices/virtual/nvme-subsystem/nvme-subsys0/nvme0n1 for me.
>
>libefiboot1 37-6 from sid has this fix; 37-2 from buster and 37-5
>from bullseye do not.
>
>After installing the 37-6 .deb:
>
># grub-install /dev/nvme0n1
>Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
>Installation finished. No error reported.
>
>What is the correct procedure for getting this fix backported so
>that the next buster point release can be properly installed on such
>hardware?
Thanks for digging into this!
The best way forward is to open a severity:important bug against the
libefiboot1 package here. Could you do that please?
I'll prep a stable update with that fix backported, and ask the
release team for approval. That should be an easy thing to get here,
looking at the code changes. We have a few days before the window
closes for uploads for the next Buster point release, so it should be
possible.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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