Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-06 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 06.10.20 um 01:50 schrieb Chris Murphy: > In this case you can replace it by just copying a substitute > grubx64.efi to the proper location on the USB stick... which might be > EFI/BOOT, I'd have to poke it with a stick to find out. > > I already tried to replace it with a f31 one, it did

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-05 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 12:59 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 10/5/20 11:21 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 04.10.20 um 21:01 schrieb Samuel Sieb: > >> On 10/4/20 9:36 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: > >>> And still,we do not know why the f33 livedisc does not boot at all when > >>> inserted early > >>>

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-05 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/5/20 11:21 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: Am 04.10.20 um 21:01 schrieb Samuel Sieb: On 10/4/20 9:36 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: And still,we do not know why the f33 livedisc does not boot at all when inserted early AND why grub-install /dev/USBDRIVE  (correct devicename ofcourse ) is

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-05 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 04.10.20 um 21:01 schrieb Samuel Sieb: > On 10/4/20 9:36 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: >> And still,we do not know why the f33 livedisc does not boot at all when >> inserted early >> AND >> why grub-install /dev/USBDRIVE  (correct devicename ofcourse ) is >> overwriting the ssd boot setup, instead

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-04 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 10:50 AM Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 03.10.20 um 22:07 schrieb Chris Murphy: > > > > No the correct invocation is "dnf reinstall grub2-efi-x64 shim-x64" > > > > Suggesting UEFI users install GRUB with grub2-install is asking for a > > support nightmare, it's untenable. > >

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-04 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 10:37 AM Marius Schwarz wrote: > > now, the efi stuff is installed, i accept a few "oh, theres efi, i do > efi" mistakes from time to time. But i don't have a clue, how the system > could boot with those symlinks before that grub-install destroyed it. The symlinks are in

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 3:01 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 10/4/20 9:36 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: > > And still,we do not know why the f33 livedisc does not boot at all when > > inserted early > > AND > > why grub-install /dev/USBDRIVE (correct devicename ofcourse ) is > > overwriting the ssd boot

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-04 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/4/20 9:36 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: And still,we do not know why the f33 livedisc does not boot at all when inserted early AND why grub-install /dev/USBDRIVE  (correct devicename ofcourse ) is overwriting the ssd boot setup, instead of the usbdrive bootconfig. You can't use

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-04 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 03.10.20 um 22:07 schrieb Chris Murphy: > > No the correct invocation is "dnf reinstall grub2-efi-x64 shim-x64" > > Suggesting UEFI users install GRUB with grub2-install is asking for a > support nightmare, it's untenable. > Isn't a simple check "are we booted with efi" a working solution to

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-04 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 03.10.20 um 22:23 schrieb Chris Murphy: > >> after investigating the problem with not finding grub.cfg in the >> proprosed bootpath /boot/ .. the solution was simple. >> >> The system died not use secure boot, as secure-boot was disabled for the >> kernel-surface kernelseries. They are

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 4:09 AM Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 03.10.20 um 11:43 schrieb Tomasz Torcz: > > If you do not state the devicename, how does grub choose the correct > > drive? I don't want to overwrite the bootloader on the ssd. > > There is only one correct ESP partition in EFI system

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 3:12 AM Petr Pisar wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:07:28AM -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 10/1/20 5:52 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to boot from the stick and then perform a grub-install > > > > with an old grub? > > > > > > > > > >

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-03 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 03.10.20 um 11:43 schrieb Tomasz Torcz: > If you do not state the devicename, how does grub choose the correct >> drive? I don't want to overwrite the bootloader on the ssd. > There is only one correct ESP partition in EFI system to install > bootloader to. You can read the code finding it at

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-03 Thread Tomasz Torcz
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 11:17:44AM +0200, Marius Schwarz wrote: > Am 02.10.20 um 11:12 schrieb Petr Pisar: > > On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:07:28AM -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > >> On 10/1/20 5:52 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: > Is it possible to boot from the stick and then perform a grub-install >

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-03 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 03.10.20 um 11:17 schrieb Marius Schwarz: > > FYI: Not working without manual corrections > > insmod lvm > insmod xfs > set root=(hd0,gpt3) > configfile /grub2/grub.cfg > linux /vmlinuz-5.8.10 > initrd /initramfs-5.8.10 > boot > > Q: Why is configfile read, but not used if anything

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-03 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 02.10.20 um 11:12 schrieb Petr Pisar: > On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:07:28AM -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On 10/1/20 5:52 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: Is it possible to boot from the stick and then perform a grub-install with an old grub? >>> This attempt failed too: >>> >>> # 

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-02 Thread Petr Pisar
On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:07:28AM -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 10/1/20 5:52 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: > > > > > > > > Is it possible to boot from the stick and then perform a grub-install > > > with an old grub? > > > > > > > This attempt failed too: > > > > #  grub2-install /dev/sda > >

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/1/20 5:52 AM, Marius Schwarz wrote: Is it possible to boot from the stick and then perform a grub-install with an old grub? This attempt failed too: #  grub2-install /dev/sda grub2-install: Fehler: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/modinfo.sh existiert nicht. Bitte geben Sie --target oder

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-01 Thread Marius Schwarz
> > Is it possible to boot from the stick and then perform a grub-install > with an old grub? > This attempt failed too:  #  grub2-install /dev/sda grub2-install: Fehler: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/modinfo.sh existiert nicht. Bitte geben Sie --target oder --directory an. and that file seems not

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-10-01 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 01.10.20 um 07:22 schrieb Chris Murphy: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 4:22 PM Marius Schwarz wrote: >> Am 01.10.20 um 00:02 schrieb Chris Murphy: >> >> I made some more tests. It's a race, 1 out of 10 tries succeeds and the >> chance that it does is improoved by inserting the usb drive while being

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 9/30/20 10:28 PM, Elliott Sales de Andrade wrote: On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 18:27, Marius Schwarz wrote: The working/non-working procedure is: Power on ... inserting the stick OK, but why insert the USB stick after power on? Wouldn't it be less trouble to insert beforehand so that the

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Elliott Sales de Andrade
On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 18:27, Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 01.10.20 um 00:19 schrieb Elliott Sales de Andrade: > > Could it be a timing issue of some kind? > > the sooner i hit the boot from usb button, after the stick got inserted, > the higher is the propability to start. > > Are you saying you

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 4:22 PM Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 01.10.20 um 00:02 schrieb Chris Murphy: > > I made some more tests. It's a race, 1 out of 10 tries succeeds and the > chance that it does is improoved by inserting the usb drive while being > in the bios. > > The F31 grub files i

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 01.10.20 um 00:19 schrieb Elliott Sales de Andrade: >> Could it be a timing issue of some kind? >> >> the sooner i hit the boot from usb button, after the stick got inserted, >> the higher is the propability to start. >> > Are you saying you insert the USB stick _after_ turning on the >

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 01.10.20 um 00:02 schrieb Chris Murphy: >> I made some more tests. It's a race, 1 out of 10 tries succeeds and the >> chance that it does is improoved by inserting the usb drive while being >> in the bios. >> >> The F31 grub files i exchanged do not seem to have something to do with it. > The

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Elliott Sales de Andrade
On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 17:42, Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 30.09.20 um 23:00 schrieb Chris Murphy: > > > > > > And then these are current > > grub2-efi-x64-2.04-31.fc33.x86_64 > > grub2-efi-x64-2.04-23.fc32.x86_64 > > grub2-efi-x64-2.02-110.fc31.x86_64 > > > > I wonder if the affected hardware is

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 3:42 PM Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 30.09.20 um 23:00 schrieb Chris Murphy: > > > > > > And then these are current > > grub2-efi-x64-2.04-31.fc33.x86_64 > > grub2-efi-x64-2.04-23.fc32.x86_64 > > grub2-efi-x64-2.02-110.fc31.x86_64 > > > > I wonder if the affected hardware

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 30.09.20 um 23:00 schrieb Chris Murphy: > > > And then these are current > grub2-efi-x64-2.04-31.fc33.x86_64 > grub2-efi-x64-2.04-23.fc32.x86_64 > grub2-efi-x64-2.02-110.fc31.x86_64 > > I wonder if the affected hardware is adversely affected by all three > of these versions of GRUB? > I made

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10:46 AM Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > The Fedora secure boot signing keys were updated after F32 was initially released to deal with the grub2 problems found during the summer. I believe some systems have needed firmware updates from the manufacturer to work with the

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 30.09.20 um 18:45 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen: > > The Fedora secure boot signing keys were updated after F32 was > initially released to deal with the grub2 problems found during the > summer. I believe some systems have needed firmware updates from the > manufacturer to work with the new key

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 30.09.20 um 20:54 schrieb Brian C. Lane: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:45:40PM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> The Fedora secure boot signing keys were updated after F32 was initially >> released to deal with the grub2 problems found during the summer. I believe >> some systems have needed

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 30.09.20 um 18:45 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen: > > > > The Fedora secure boot signing keys were updated after F32 was > initially released to deal with the grub2 problems found during the > summer. I believe some systems have needed firmware updates from the > manufacturer to work with the new

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 30.09.20 um 17:17 schrieb Chris Murphy: > > That suggests the scary region of firmware, hybrid ISO, shim, and boot loader. > > The bug reports have the wrong component set on them, and aren't > discrete actionable bug reports. It's just saying "this doesn't work" which one do you suggest? >> An

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Brian C. Lane
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:45:40PM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > The Fedora secure boot signing keys were updated after F32 was initially > released to deal with the grub2 problems found during the summer. I believe > some systems have needed firmware updates from the manufacturer to work >

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 11:54, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > On 9/30/2020 8:17 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 2:05 AM Marius Schwarz > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> the livecds from F32 and F33 are suffering from a problem not booting on > >> Microsoft device(s) > >> > >>

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
On 9/30/2020 8:17 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 2:05 AM Marius Schwarz wrote: >> Hi, >> >> the livecds from F32 and F33 are suffering from a problem not booting on >> Microsoft device(s) >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879921 >>

Re: Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 2:05 AM Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Hi, > > the livecds from F32 and F33 are suffering from a problem not booting on > Microsoft device(s) > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879921 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883593 > > F31 is booting fine,

Fedora 32/33 livedisks do not boot on M$ system(s)

2020-09-30 Thread Marius Schwarz
Hi, the livecds from F32 and F33 are suffering from a problem not booting on Microsoft device(s) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879921 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883593 F31 is booting fine, the newer ones not. Looks like a GrubBootloader issue to me, as not even