Package: grub-efi-amd64 Version: 2.06-3~deb11u5 Severity: wishlist I managed to install Debian on a Dell Wyse 3040 (see documentation on https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Wyse%203040).
The UEFI firmware implementation on this device requires that the file \EFI\boot\bootx64.efi is present. The contents of this file do not matter - the file can be empty. The debian installer currently does not take this limitation in account. Hence, after installation of the base system and first reboot, the system won't start up. Normal users would probably give up at this point. In order to make installation of Debian on these devices a no-brainer, I suggest to add some logic to the package: When the command 'dmidecode -s system-product-name' returns 'Wyse 3040 Thin Client', run the command 'touch /boot/efi/EFI/boot/bootx64.EFI' or, alternatively, set 'grub2/force_efi_extra_removable' to 'true'. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/Wyse3040--vg-root / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/mmcblk0p2 /boot ext2 rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot/efi vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then set have_grubenv=true load_env fi if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then set default="${next_entry}" set next_entry= save_env next_entry set boot_once=true else set default="0" fi if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_gpt insmod lvm insmod ext2 set root='lvmid/5q9IUe-3zkQ-sgdl-a2Pw-Zw1d-6bdN-fOqVaB/fmkFoH-oJx7-4F8X-4TcY-EJWB-U0q7-AsrQ3H' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvmid/5q9IUe-3zkQ-sgdl-a2Pw-Zw1d-6bdN-fOqVaB/fmkFoH-oJx7-4F8X-4TcY-EJWB-U0q7-AsrQ3H' 2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87 fi font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" fi if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=de_DE insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then set timeout=30 else if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then set timeout_style=menu set timeout=5 # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is # unavailable. else set timeout=5 fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### insmod part_gpt insmod lvm insmod ext2 set root='lvmid/5q9IUe-3zkQ-sgdl-a2Pw-Zw1d-6bdN-fOqVaB/fmkFoH-oJx7-4F8X-4TcY-EJWB-U0q7-AsrQ3H' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvmid/5q9IUe-3zkQ-sgdl-a2Pw-Zw1d-6bdN-fOqVaB/fmkFoH-oJx7-4F8X-4TcY-EJWB-U0q7-AsrQ3H' 2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87 fi insmod png if background_image /usr/share/desktop-base/homeworld-theme/grub/grub-4x3.png; then set color_normal=white/black set color_highlight=black/white else set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue fi ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### function gfxmode { set gfxpayload="${1}" } set linux_gfx_mode= export linux_gfx_mode menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b98be205-b6ba-4427-8c41-e3f773d75f26 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/Wyse3040--vg-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-5.10.0-21-amd64 } submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87' { menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-21-amd64-advanced-2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b98be205-b6ba-4427-8c41-e3f773d75f26 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/Wyse3040--vg-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-5.10.0-21-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-21-amd64-recovery-2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b98be205-b6ba-4427-8c41-e3f773d75f26 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/Wyse3040--vg-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-5.10.0-21-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-20-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-20-amd64-advanced-2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b98be205-b6ba-4427-8c41-e3f773d75f26 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-20-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-5.10.0-20-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/Wyse3040--vg-root ro quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-5.10.0-20-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.10.0-20-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-20-amd64-recovery-2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b98be205-b6ba-4427-8c41-e3f773d75f26 echo 'Loading Linux 5.10.0-20-amd64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-5.10.0-20-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/Wyse3040--vg-root ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initrd.img-5.10.0-20-amd64 } } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' { fwsetup } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg *********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory *********************** END /proc/mdstat *********************** BEGIN LVM *********************** END LVM *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 29 20:22 dm-name-Wyse3040--vg-root -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 29 20:22 dm-name-Wyse3040--vg-swap_1 -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 29 20:22 dm-uuid-LVM-5q9IUe3zkQsgdla2PwZw1d6bdNfOqVaBTQU22NnfSqqSpQkdDhUeLf72iJKar5ap -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 29 20:22 dm-uuid-LVM-5q9IUe3zkQsgdla2PwZw1d6bdNfOqVaBfmkFoHoJx74F8X4TcYEJWBU0q7AsrQ3H -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 29 20:22 lvm-pv-uuid-DAI0yO-C91T-ie4C-KZYv-AEeV-zjFB-09z6MK -> ../../mmcblk0p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 29 20:22 mmc-H8G4a__0x11d610d9 -> ../../mmcblk0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 29 20:22 mmc-H8G4a__0x11d610d9-part1 -> ../../mmcblk0p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 29 20:22 mmc-H8G4a__0x11d610d9-part2 -> ../../mmcblk0p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 29 20:22 mmc-H8G4a__0x11d610d9-part3 -> ../../mmcblk0p3 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-id *********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 29 20:22 2dd13efb-f506-45df-98ab-264d485bca87 -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 29 20:22 B143-0847 -> ../../mmcblk0p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 29 20:22 b98be205-b6ba-4427-8c41-e3f773d75f26 -> ../../mmcblk0p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 29 20:22 e76db7bf-3aa9-40ce-9fb7-4181623c0190 -> ../../dm-1 *********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages grub-efi-amd64 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.77 ii grub-common 2.06-3~deb11u5 ii grub-efi-amd64-bin 2.06-3~deb11u5 ii grub2-common 2.06-3~deb11u5 ii ucf 3.0043 grub-efi-amd64 recommends no packages. grub-efi-amd64 suggests no packages. -- debconf information: grub2/update_nvram: true grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: grub2/force_efi_extra_removable: false * grub2/linux_cmdline: