[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
I agree this shouldn't be Wishlist. I mentioned one other thing that would be nice to have when fixing an enormous error, and that was a mistake. grub-install un-installs things. That's a big bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
The bug is somewhat worse than in the original report: grub-install will remove anything that has "Ubuntu" (case INsensitive!) in it's name. In a test, both "RAID Ubuntu /dev/sdc", "Ubuntu /dev/sdc" were removed by grub-install. A label "RAID fallback /dev/sdc" would survive a call to grub-install. I'm not sure this is just a wishlist item. I can understand that grub- install removes any item named "ubuntu" (case sensitive) because it creates these. But why remove .*ubuntu.*/i ? I agree with comment #4 that this is beyond most users. Regarding comment #3: a sysadmin might want "ubuntu WDC_WD20EFRX- 68EUZN0_WD-WCC4M6HVCKR8", but for a regular user "ubuntu" may just be fine. And having the disk ID automatically (i.e. by grub-install) added to the menu means that it will also be automatically removed - adding to complexity and to unintended side effects. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
cyphermox, as for your complaint about grubx64.efi, I don't understand it and I don't think I ever typed that anywhere, so it must have come from grub. My "grub-install" just passes through things like that in "$@". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
> AIUI you can have the same label as many times as you want FWIW, my practical attempts say the same name can be used any number of times on some computers. I don't like the same name, though. I don't think every boot should be a mystery about which I'm picking. It's not like the EFI menu has any smarts that lets me investigate before it goes. It might matter in ways that have nothing to do with redundancy of booting the same machine instance. For an attempt at brevity and sanity, can we make the "ubuntu" label have appended " on $udevserialpart" IFF there is more than one disk? On install, perhaps mutate all entries starting with "ubuntu" or "ubuntu on ". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
In theory this is fine, but in practice will need more work. For instance, in your examples grubx64.efi is being installed as the EFI binary to run -- this is wrong, since grubx64.efi is only signed by the Canonical keys, not by Microsoft keys, and so will fail to boot in a Secure Boot scenario. I think we'll also need to rework the naming -- "ubuntu", although being perhaps too brief, has the benefit of being obvious (moreover, AIUI you can have the same label as many times as you want). It would be better to make sure update-grub and grub-install can correctly see the RAID case as it is, and DTRT; such as installing to all members of the array, adding the right modules to config (and in a Secure Boot scenario you'll also need to have the modules included in the shipped grub EFI images). Marking Triaged / Wishlist; I'll see with other people how to prioritize this work. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
My suggestion for a change is that the device id is used to construct a more complex bootloader id. $ sudo efibootmgr BootCurrent: Timeout: 5 seconds BootOrder: 0002,0001, Boot* ubuntu via WDC_WD20EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WCC4M6HVCKR8 Boot0001* ubuntu via WDC_WD20EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WCC4M6PP1ZJK Boot0002* ubuntu via ST31000528AS_5VP8B3JE -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
I just wrote this to do what I want it to do. I suspect this is beyond most users. I don't think this should be part of the package, but I think what it does is a good idea. Include the device name and serial number in the EFI boot description. "ubuntu" was never enough anyway. ** Attachment added: "/usr/local/bin/grub-install" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+attachment/4629342/+files/grub-install -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1568050] Re: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries
There is a "--bootloader-id=" argument to grub-install that lets you choose a different name and only remove other entries with that new name. So, if you're careful, you can choose unique names for each and get other entries. It's wrong and weird to remove anything by running "install" though. It might even be okay to make the most recently "grub-install"ed device the first, preferred device in the boot order, but it's not okay to remove others. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568050 Title: grub-install removes other EFI boot entries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1568050/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
