[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: grub2-signed (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: shim-signed (Ubuntu Xenial) 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/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 07:15:06PM -, Phillip Susi wrote: > On 07/02/2018 12:51 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 12:14:40AM -, Phillip Susi wrote: > >> Why would you want to install grub-efi if you can't update the EFI boot > >> catalog? Without that, it can't be booted in EFI mode. > > Because with shim's 'fallback' implementation, a system that could not > > update the boot catalog in nvram because it was not booted under UEFI > > initially still stands a chance of auto-configuring itself to be able to > > boot Ubuntu, via selecting the disk for boot from the firmware boot > > selector. > You mean we are now installing a "removable media" boot loader in > EFI/BOOT that chainloads the one in EFI/Ubuntu? The "removable media" bootloader does not chainload the one in EFI\Ubuntu; it chainloads fbx64.efi, whose sole function is to (re)populate the nvram boot settings from the set of BOOT.CSV files it discovers on disk. https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/master/README.fallback So even if the we cannot populate nvram at install time (e.g. because the system is not booted in EFI mode at that point), it is useful to initialize and populate an ESP for future EFI compatibility. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
On 07/02/2018 12:51 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 12:14:40AM -, Phillip Susi wrote: >> Why would you want to install grub-efi if you can't update the EFI boot >> catalog? Without that, it can't be booted in EFI mode. > Because with shim's 'fallback' implementation, a system that could not > update the boot catalog in nvram because it was not booted under UEFI > initially still stands a chance of auto-configuring itself to be able to > boot Ubuntu, via selecting the disk for boot from the firmware boot > selector. > You mean we are now installing a "removable media" boot loader in EFI/BOOT that chainloads the one in EFI/Ubuntu? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
This bug was fixed in the package shim-signed - 1.34.9.2 --- shim-signed (1.34.9.2) bionic; urgency=medium * debian/shim-signed.postinst: use --auto-nvram with grub-install in case we're installing on a NVRAM-unavailable platform. (LP: #1778848) * debian/control: bump the dependency for grub2-common to make sure grub-install supports --auto-nvram. (LP: #1778848) * debian/control: switch the grub-efi-amd64-bin dependency to grub-efi-amd64-signed. (LP: #1778848) -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:14:24 +0200 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
This bug was fixed in the package grub2-signed - 1.93.1 --- grub2-signed (1.93.1) bionic; urgency=medium * debian/control: switch the grub-efi-amd64 dependency of grub-efi-amd64-signed to grub-efi-amd64-bin. (LP: #1778848) * debian/grub-efi-amd64-signed.postinst: invoke grub-install with --auto-nvram and pass the x86_64-efi target to it, making sure we always install the right target. (LP: #1778848) * debian/control: rebuild against grub2 2.02-2ubuntu8.1. -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:01:13 +0200 ** Changed in: grub2-signed (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 2.02-2ubuntu8.1 --- grub2 (2.02-2ubuntu8.1) bionic; urgency=medium * debian/patches/add-an-auto-nvram-option-to-grub-install.patch: Add the --auto-nvram option to grub-install for auto-detecting NVRAM availability before attempting NVRAM updates. (LP: #1778848) -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:34:38 +0200 ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
ubuntu-server daily-live (subiquity) (20180709): Confirmed in the image build logs that the image contains the right versions of grub2, grub2-signed and shim-signed [1]. The previous issues with subiquity were related to the kernel binaries being stuck in NEW (so unrelated). By the time of 20180709 everything was good and testing could be performed. UEFI install: * Performed a full-disk installation that resulted in a bootable system. BIOS install: * Performed a full-disk installation that resulted in a bootable system. [1] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/cd-build-logs/ubuntu- server/bionic/daily-live-20180709.log This basically concludes the testing from my side. ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 18.04.14.3 --- ubiquity (18.04.14.3) bionic; urgency=medium * Automatic update of included source packages: grub-installer 1.128ubuntu8.18.04.1, partman-auto 134ubuntu8.1, partman-efi 71ubuntu2.1. (LP: #1766945, LP: #1778848) -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:47:18 +0200 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
This bug was fixed in the package grub-installer - 1.128ubuntu8.18.04.1 --- grub-installer (1.128ubuntu8.18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium * grub-installer: install grub-pc for EFI setups and make sure we're not purging it earlier in case it got installed. It's needed to make sure the right maintainer scripts are run and the ESP populated. Required as part of the dependency-chain switch for dual EFI/BIOS support. (LP: #1778848) -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:27:18 +0200 ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
While the complete verification of this is not yet done with respect to the server live image, the ubiquity+grub-installer pieces (affecting d-i and ubiquity install paths) have been verified, and there is another grub-installer SRU waiting in the unapproved queue; so I'm going to go ahead with releasing these two packages since they don't need to go in at the same time as shim+grub2. The others can be released on Monday after verification is completed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
I am unable to verify the ubuntu-server subiquity based images as the installation currently is failing. It looks to me unrelated to the proposed grub changes as it's a problem with getting the right kernel installed - I'll poke the subiquity team about this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
ubuntu-server daily (d-i) (20180704): Confirmed in the image build logs that the image contains the right versions of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and grub-installer [1]. UEFI install: * Performed a full-disk installation that resulted in a bootable system. BIOS install: * Performed a full-disk installation that resulted in a bootable system. ubuntu-desktop daily-live (ubiquity) (20180704): Confirmed in the image build logs that the image contains the right versions of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and ubiquity [2] UEFI install: * Performed a full-disk installation that resulted in a bootable system. BIOS install: * Performed a full-disk installation that resulted in a bootable system. [1] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/cd-build-logs/ubuntu-server/bionic/daily-20180704.log [2] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/cd-build-logs/ubuntu/bionic/daily-live-20180704.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
Verification for bionic, basic grub2 grub-install test (using bionic ubuntu-server daily image 20180704): I had a legacy BIOS system on a virtual HDD. Using kvm, I booted the bionic daily image in UEFI mode and installed a new Ubuntu system next to it (with the ESP created etc.). I have then booted the UEFI system and ran `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` - the command returned with return value of 0. Then I switched to legacy BIOS mode and booted into the UEFI-installed system. I have run the `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` command there again and the command also returned with the return value of 0 (success). Proceeding with installation tests. ** Description changed: [Impact] There are multiple use cases which require both BIOS and UEFI bootloaders installed on a target image and to keep them both updated. - cloud images on clouds that support both BIOS and UEFI boot in alternate instance types - PC installs that should remain bootable in the face of firmware upgrades or reconfigurations This currently doesn't work because 'grub-install' selects its install target based on which of grub-pc or grub-efi-amd64 is installed. In cosmic we have introduced a --auto-nvram grub-install option that automatically determines if we're running with NVRAM access or not and if yes, updates the NVRAM contents. This allows such dual BIOS-UEFI bootloader setups to work. Same changes are required to be backported to bionic for our cloud images. [Test Case] Basic grub2 grub-install test: - * Boot up a bionic system in UEFI mode. - * Upgrade grub2-common to the version in -proposed. - * Run `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` and make sure it succeeds. - * Boot up a bionic system in legacy BIOS mode. - * Upgrade grub2-common to the version in -proposed. - * Run `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` and make sure it succeeds (actually not doing anything). + * Boot up a bionic system in UEFI mode. + * Upgrade grub2-common to the version in -proposed. + * Run `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` and make sure it succeeds. + * Prepare a system with an UEFI installed system that can be booted into in legacy BIOS mode. + * Boot up the bionic system in legacy BIOS mode. + * Upgrade grub2-common to the version in -proposed. + * Run `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` and make sure it succeeds (actually not doing anything). Install test for UEFI (repeat for both server-live, server and desktop): - * Download the latest bionic -proposed-enabled image. - * Make sure the image includes the -proposed version of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and grub-installer (and/or ubiquity). - * Install the system normally on an EFI system. - * Reboot and make sure the system is bootable. + * Download the latest bionic -proposed-enabled image. + * Make sure the image includes the -proposed version of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and grub-installer (and/or ubiquity). + * Install the system normally on an EFI system. + * Reboot and make sure the system is bootable. Install test for legacy BIOS (repeat for both server-live, server and desktop): - * Download the latest bionic -proposed-enabled image. - * Make sure the image includes the -proposed version of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and grub-installer (and/or ubiquity). - * Install the system normally on a BIOS system. - * Reboot and make sure the system is bootable. + * Download the latest bionic -proposed-enabled image. + * Make sure the image includes the -proposed version of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and grub-installer (and/or ubiquity). + * Install the system normally on a BIOS system. + * Reboot and make sure the system is bootable. TODO: Add cloud image testing. [Regression Potential] The backport introduces a change in the dependency chain for grub which, in some cases, can lead to systems loosing their ability to boot. Basically the symptoms to look for is the inability of booting the installed system on EFI or BIOS. A lot of testing and dogfooding will be required to make sure no installation-case has been broken by this. ** Description changed: [Impact] There are multiple use cases which require both BIOS and UEFI bootloaders installed on a target image and to keep them both updated. - cloud images on clouds that support both BIOS and UEFI boot in alternate instance types - PC installs that should remain bootable in the face of firmware upgrades or reconfigurations This currently doesn't work because 'grub-install' selects its install target based on which of grub-pc or grub-efi-amd64 is installed. In cosmic we have introduced a --auto-nvram grub-install option that automatically determines if we're running with NVRAM access or not and if yes, updates the NVRAM contents. This allows such dual BIOS-UEFI bootloader setups to work. Same changes
Re: [Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 12:14:40AM -, Phillip Susi wrote: > Why would you want to install grub-efi if you can't update the EFI boot > catalog? Without that, it can't be booted in EFI mode. Because with shim's 'fallback' implementation, a system that could not update the boot catalog in nvram because it was not booted under UEFI initially still stands a chance of auto-configuring itself to be able to boot Ubuntu, via selecting the disk for boot from the firmware boot selector. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
Why would you want to install grub-efi if you can't update the EFI boot catalog? Without that, it can't be booted in EFI mode. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
Hello Łukasz, or anyone else affected, Accepted ubiquity into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/18.04.14.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Bionic) Assignee: (unassigned) => Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
Uploaded ubiquity with the new -proposed packages updated. That is necessary for the fixes to work on desktop. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
This too was fixed in cosmic. grub2 (2.02-2ubuntu9) cosmic; urgency=medium * debian/patches/add-an-auto-nvram-option-to-grub-install.patch: Add the --auto-nvram option to grub-install for auto-detecting NVRAM availability before attempting NVRAM updates. -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:34:38 +0200 ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
Also fixed in cosmic.grub2-signed (1.96) cosmic; urgency=medium * debian/control: switch the grub-efi-amd64 dependency of grub-efi-amd64-signed to grub-efi-amd64-bin. * debian/grub-efi-amd64-signed.postinst: invoke grub-install with --auto-nvram and pass the x86_64-efi target to it, making sure we always install the right target. -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:09:57 +0200 ** Changed in: grub2-signed (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: grub2-signed (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
It looks like this was fixed in cosmic but referenced a different bug number. grub-installer (1.128ubuntu9) cosmic; urgency=medium * grub-installer: install grub-pc for EFI setups and make sure we're not purging it earlier in case it got installed. It's needed to make sure the right maintainer scripts are run and the ESP populated. (LP: #1775743) -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:25:14 +0200 ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
This too was fixed in cosmic. shim-signed (1.36) cosmic; urgency=medium * debian/shim-signed.postinst: use --auto-nvram with grub-install in case we're installing on a NVRAM-unavailable platform. * debian/control: bump the dependency for grub2-common to make sure grub-install supports --auto-nvram. * debian/control: switch the grub-efi-amd64-bin dependency to grub-efi-amd64-signed. -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:25:57 +0200 ** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
** Tags added: id-5a70e785e0d5f12fa35368a0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
** Merge proposal linked: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/shim/+git/shim-signed/+merge/348584 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1778848] Re: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets
Performing some test builds before submitting packages to the SRU queue: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa- service/+archive/ubuntu/3308/+packages ** Description changed: + [Impact] + There are multiple use cases which require both BIOS and UEFI bootloaders installed on a target image and to keep them both updated. - cloud images on clouds that support both BIOS and UEFI boot in alternate instance types - PC installs that should remain bootable in the face of firmware upgrades or reconfigurations This currently doesn't work because 'grub-install' selects its install target based on which of grub-pc or grub-efi-amd64 is installed. - We should support a package upgrade workflow that supports updating both - bootloaders on disk wherever possible, including use of --no-nvram - automatically when necessary, and does not fail awkwardly if e.g. the - system is booted under BIOS and there is no EFI System Partition - present. + In cosmic we have introduced a --auto-nvram grub-install option that + automatically determines if we're running with NVRAM access or not and + if yes, updates the NVRAM contents. This allows such dual BIOS-UEFI + bootloader setups to work. Same changes are required to be backported to + bionic for our cloud images. - The problem is, if the system is booted in BIOS mode and you call grub- - install --target=x86_64-efi, the install will fail because it can't - write to EFI nvram variables. + [Test Case] - There is a --no-nvram flag, but it's incorrect for us to pass this - unconditionally, because it's the wrong thing to do when we are booted - in UEFI mode. + Basic grub2 grub-install test: + * Boot up a bionic system in UEFI mode. + * Upgrade grub2-common to the version in -proposed. + * Run `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` and make sure it succeeds. + * Boot up a bionic system in legacy BIOS mode. + * Upgrade grub2-common to the version in -proposed. + * Run `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --auto-nvram` and make sure it succeeds (actually not doing anything). - So we need some smarts in grub-install for an additional mode that only - skips nvram if there is no nvram available. + Install test for UEFI (repeat for both server-live, server and desktop): + * Download the latest bionic -proposed-enabled image. + * Make sure the image includes the -proposed version of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and grub-installer (and/or ubiquity). + * Install the system normally on an EFI system. + * Reboot and make sure the system is bootable. + + Install test for legacy BIOS (repeat for both server-live, server and desktop): + * Download the latest bionic -proposed-enabled image. + * Make sure the image includes the -proposed version of grub2, grub2-signed, shim-signed and grub-installer (and/or ubiquity). + * Install the system normally on a BIOS system. + * Reboot and make sure the system is bootable. + + TODO: Add cloud image testing. + + [Regression Potential] + + The backport introduces a change in the dependency chain for grub which, + in some cases, can lead to systems loosing their ability to boot. + Basically the symptoms to look for is the inability of booting the + installed system on EFI or BIOS. A lot of testing and dogfooding will be + required to make sure no installation-case has been broken by this. ** Also affects: ubiquity (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/1778848 Title: Support for grub upgrades with bios+uefi bootloader targets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778848/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
