On 07/02/2018 12:51 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 12:14:40AM -0000, 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

Reply via email to