On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 07:31:54PM +0400, [email protected] wrote: >Subject: efibootmgr freeze system when creating boot entry >Package: efibootmgr >Version: 0.5.4-7 >Severity: important > >Dear Maintainer, > >I'm trying to install Debian on Inel UEFI board. The system freezes >completely at the end of install phase, when grub (or elilo) tries to >create boot menu entry in UEFI BIOS. I've already tried different >versions of efibootmgr (from Debian Wheezy, Jessie, also from Ubuntu >13.10 and OpenSuSE 13.1) to no avail. If I run efibootmgr without >arguments it works and displays current boot entries. If I understand >correctly read works, but not write. > >The efivars module is loaded: >root@goliath:~# lsmod | grep efivars >efivars 17257 1 efi_pstore > >There is many entries in /sys/firmware/efi/vars/ > >The motherboard is Intel Workstation Board S5520SC. > >Latest firmware update is installed on this board. > >My current workaround is to install system without bootloader, boot >from live USB, comment out efibootmgr calls in >/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/grub-install, run grub-install, reboot, >manually create EFI boot entry in BIOS setup menu. > >What can I do to debug this issue?
It sounds like you have either a kernel or hardware issue here - efibootmgr just uses the kernel-provided files in /sys as its interface to the hardware. Adding a CC to the kernel list in case anybody there has suggestions... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
