at bottom :- On 05/11/2019, shirish शिरीष <shirisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > <snipped> > > Dear all, > > I was getting the error unknown which was messing me up. I finally > went to supergrub github page and saw this issue - > > https://github.com/supergrub/supergrub/issues/35 > > I downloaded the hybrid image as shared by the author i.e. > https://sourceforge.net/projects/supergrub2/files/2.04s2-beta2/super_grub2_disk_2.04s2-beta2/supergrub2-2.04s2-beta2-multiarch-USB.img.zip/download > . > > Did get the familiar orange supergrub menu and was able to boot into > 5.2.0-3-amd64 kernel and everything. Now running the update and that > will probably take half a day as have missed whole lot of updates. > > One of the interesting things seems to be that probably one of the > MS-Windows updates corrupted the boot entry because as I did - > > $ sudo update-grub > [sudo] password for shirish: > Generating grub configuration file ... > Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.2.0-3-amd64 > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.2.0-3-amd64 > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.2.0-2-amd64 > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.2.0-2-amd64 > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-5-amd64 > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-5-amd64 > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-4-amd64 > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-4-amd64 > Found memtest86 image: /memtest86.bin > Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin > Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /memtest86+_multiboot.bin > Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/sda2@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi > Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration > done > > I find this 'Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration' > interesting statement. > > I have yet to reboot without the usb to see if it holds. > > FWIW, efibootmanager is at - > > $ apt-cache policy efibootmgr > efibootmgr: > Installed: 15-1+b1 > Candidate: 15-1+b1 > Version table: > *** 15-1+b1 900 > 900 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 > Packages > 100 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 > Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > I also have - > > $ apt-cache policy grub-efi-amd64 > grub-efi-amd64: > Installed: 2.04-3 > Candidate: 2.04-3 > Version table: > *** 2.04-3 900 > 900 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 > Packages > 100 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 > Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > The issue might be resolved but still if you want me to dig something > or the other, please let me know. >
Seems that efibootmgr still doesn't put the debian label anywhere :( # efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0008 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0008,0000,0003,0009,0006 Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager Boot0003* Hard Drive Boot0006* USB Boot0008* UEFI: Sony Storage Media DL17, Partition 1 Boot0009* UEFI: Sony Storage Media DL17, Partition 2 i even tried the workaround given at - https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI specifically the one given at example 3 - efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdb -p 1 -w -L debian -l \EFI\debian\grubx64.efi but got - root@debian:~# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sdb -p 1 -w -L debian -l \EFI\debian\grubx64.efi Could not prepare Boot variable: No such file or directory although dunno if I need both or only one - $ apt-cache policy grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed grub-efi-amd64-bin: Installed: 2.04-3 Candidate: 2.04-3 Version table: *** 2.04-3 900 900 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages 100 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status grub-efi-amd64-signed: Installed: 1+2.04+3 Candidate: 1+2.04+3 Version table: *** 1+2.04+3 900 900 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages 100 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com E493 D466 6D67 59F5 1FD0 930F 870E 9A5B 5869 609C
