Vlad the installer is modifying the wrong EFI partition. On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 5:00 PM Vlad Tudorache <1396...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> I've encountered this bug today (2022-05-20) on Debian 11 and Ubuntu > 22.04. Configuration: > Samsung SSD 500 GB as /dev/sda > - EFI System Partition > - MSR > - NTFS (C:) > - Recovery > Toshiba HDD 2 TB as /dev/sdb > - 1,9 TB NTFS (D:) > - 512 MB (/dev/sdb2 -> /boot/efi) > - 2 GB swap (/dev/sdb3) > - 64 GB ext4 (/dev/sdb4 -> /) > It seems that even after selecting /dev/sdb2 as /boot/efi mount point to > avoid tampering with the Windows boot loader's location, the installer > mounts /dev/sda1 as the EFI partition. So the bug is still there and, for > me, it happens also on Debian. This isn't a big problem for me, I've built > the PC myself, I know how to use efibootmgr. What about a non-technical > user? > Is it really a GRUB bug? Or it's an error of an early step of the > installer which happens to be used also by the Ubuntu's installer (should > they have some common parts)? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396379 > > Title: > installer uses first EFI system partition found even when directed > otherwise > > Status in grub-efi-amd64-signed package in Ubuntu: > New > Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > (k)ubuntu 14.04.1 > package version: 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1 > > i installed ubuntu on my external hard disk, where i also have a > previously installed fedora system. i also have a windows > (efi-booted) system in the internal hard disk. > > at install time via ubiquity i get all grub configuration files in the > first EFI-labelled partition (i.e. /dev/sda2 in my case) instead of the one > i selected (/dev/sdb1). > later i changed my fstab mounting /boot/efi on /dev/sdb1 and tried to > reinstall grub package (apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64); now > all grub configuration files are in the rigt place, but booting from the > external hard disk still shows the fedora grub installation, while selectin > the internal hard disk from the bios menu shows a submenu listing ubuntu > and windows. > explicitly installing grub in the correct disk (grub-install /dev/sdb; > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg) has no effect, nor it has > running efibootmgr (efibootmgr -c --disk /dev/sdb --part 1). > > expected results: grub shoud have been installed in the disk/partition i > chose; > actual results: ubuntu always chooses the first disk to install grub on. > > Note that this is not just about the dummy grub install location > selector that is not used in EFI mode, but configuring one partition > as do not use, and the other as ESP in the manual partitioning screen. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-efi-amd64-signed/+bug/1396379/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396379 Title: installer uses first EFI system partition found even when directed otherwise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-efi-amd64-signed/+bug/1396379/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
