Bug 2507351

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:	john.frankish
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, kkoukiou, mkolman, w
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Description john.frankish 2026-07-26 09:41:30 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.

---[ System & Environment Information ]---
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. [there is no file named /tmp/journal.log]

Comment 1 john.frankish 2026-07-26 09:53:56 UTC

Trying to install on a Dell Latitude E7240 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM.

TinyCoreLinux boots using EFI without problems.

Comment 2 john.frankish 2026-07-26 12:56:25 UTC

The error message is:

error: ../../grub-core/commands/loadenv.h:read_envblk_file:51:invalid environment block

Comment 3 Katerina Koukiou 2026-07-27 08:14:09 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2457333 ***

Comment 4 john.frankish 2026-07-27 10:07:44 UTC

In case anybody needs it:

I got around the problem by downloading the Fedora Workstation 43 Live iso and installing that. Once it was installed and rebooted, I was able to upgrade to Fedora Workstation 44.

Given that the Fedora Workstation 44 iso installer does not work, this was not exactly a welcoming first experience with Fedora...