On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:23 PM, dann frazier <dann.fraz...@canonical.com>
wrote:

> On Feb 9, 2017 16:11, "Ryan Harper" <1642...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:31 PM, dann frazier <dann.fraz...@canonical.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The grub2 changes are in zesty as of 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu1. Could I ask
> > the curtin developers to take a look at implementing the necessary
> > changes there? Specifically, using the new grub2/update_nvram preseed
> > instead of manually passing --no-nvram to grub-install during install.
> >
>
> Can you expand on what changes are needed?  Only on certain versions of
> grub2 can we skip passing the flag IIF it was going to pass it?
>
>
> Good questions.
>
> My thought is, do the preseed all the time. It won't change the behavior of
>

What does this preseed look like?


> older GRUB packages, but won't hurt either. It might make sense to also
>

I'd like to avoid doing a dpkg-reconfigure unless it's going to do something
otherwise we're just wasting install time for platforms and versions that
don't need it.


> continue to do the manual grub-install --no-nvram every time. That will
> also be safe with any version of GRUB.
>

Yes.


>
> All arches? arm-only?
>
>
> It only has an effect on EFI and power systems. I know we want it on all
> EFI (x86 or ARM). I don't know enough about power to say for sure, but
> seems like it would also benefit. Would need to find a power/MAAS person to
> confirm.
>

Pointer to the change of behavior?  That might help explain.

We can help review and guide an MP with changes to curtin but without
one of the systems (or a way to recreate the scenario) it's not easy for
us to understand the changes needed to curtin.

Happy to discuss on irc as well, #curitn on freenode


>    -dann
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