Public bug reported: This concerns shim 13-0ubuntu2 in Ubuntu 18.04/bionic.
(Note: I am not entirely clear on whether this issue belongs to shim, or to grub2; please redirect as appropriate.) I am installing Ubuntu with EFI support with the following two prerequisites: 1. No changes are made to NVRAM (the system boots via e.g. "ATA HDD0" instead of a dedicated boot option); 2. The EFI removable media path (BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI) is used. (This is kind of required by #1) I have confirmed that this arrangement can be booted in Secure Boot mode if the following two changes are made: 1. BOOT/fbx64.efi is removed, to eliminate boot-loop behavior (same issue as in https://launchpad.net/bugs/1750351, only unlocking the boot order is not an option), and 2. grubx64.efi and grub.cfg are copied from ubuntu/ into BOOT/ (as BOOTX64!shim otherwise complains about not being able to find grubx64). I would like for it to be possible to install Ubuntu in Secure Boot mode in this manner, as the current approach effectively negates the intent of the update_nvram=false debconf selection. ** Affects: shim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1783057 Title: Allow support of Secure Boot without touching NVRAM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shim/+bug/1783057/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs