Bug 2481062

Summary:	Installation of the system failed: Installing boot loader org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.BootloaderInstallationError: Failed to set new efi boot target. This is most likely a kernel or firmware bug.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	rcall1776
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Martin Kolman <mkolman>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	44	CC:	alpha, anaconda-maint, awilliam, kkoukiou, mkolman, w
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Description rcall1776 2026-05-24 18:12:41 UTC

Installation of the system failed: Installing boot loader org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.BootloaderInstallationError: Failed to set new efi boot target. This is most likely a kernel or firmware bug.

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OS: Fedora Linux 44 (Workstation Edition)
Anaconda version: 44.30
Anaconda UI version: 68

Please attach the log file /tmp/journal.log to the issue.

I don't know where the log file is.
I am attempting to load Fedora on to an external drive of which Fedora will have total access.
Windows 11.  Asus X415.  External drive has 500GB

Comment 1 Katerina Koukiou 2026-05-26 12:31:51 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2480169 ***

Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2026-05-27 17:16:08 UTC

Katerina, not all of these are necessarily dupes; efibootmgr failing might be for different reasons on different systems. We *really* need at least journal.log to have any shot at diagnosing, though. And we should probably talk to pjones about whether efibootmgr can be made to provide any more useful information on failure.