Bug 1538325 - dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim and grub2-mkconfig as instructed at fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 makes linux16/initrd16 boot entries
Summary: dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim and grub2-mkconfig as instructed at fedoraprojec...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub2
Version: 27
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-01-24 20:03 UTC by ell1e
Modified: 2018-11-30 22:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-11-30 22:26:08 UTC
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Description ell1e 2018-01-24 20:03:48 UTC
Description of problem:
I broke my grub, so I made a chroot on an x64 fedora 27 live cd with /dev/ /proc/ /sys set up with --bind and /boot/ and /boot/efi from the physical partitions, and then I followed this guide to repair it: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_UEFI_systems

However, doing dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim and grub2-mkconfig as instructed at fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 makes linux16/initrd16 boot entries. (which don't work)

I can boot by manually editing on each boot in grub to linuxefi/initrdefi, but I suppose this should probably be fixed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
grub2-pc-2.02-19.fc27
grub2-efi-x64-2.02-19.fc27

How reproducible:
not sure, I don't break my boot THAT often

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Reinstall grub2-efi shim from livecd
2. grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
2. Reboot

Actual results:
doesn't boot, grub complains linux16 command is missing, manual edit to linuxefi/initrdefi fixes it

Expected results:
boots

Additional info:

Comment 1 John Kissane 2018-08-24 10:35:14 UTC
A kickstart install of Fedora 28 ends up writing incorrect values to the grub config file. To get the system to boot I had to manually change linux16 & initrd16 to linuxefi & initrdefi respectively via the grub boot menu editor. 

The file /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg is the one containing the incorrect entries. 

Once the system has booted, running the command:

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg

rewrites the file correctly.

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2018-11-27 14:45:51 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 27 is nearing its end of life.
On 2018-Nov-30  Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for
Fedora 27. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases
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Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2018-11-30 22:26:08 UTC
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