Bug 647946 - After UEFI install, system-config-boot cannot find grub.conf
Summary: After UEFI install, system-config-boot cannot find grub.conf
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-boot
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On: 739483
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-29 22:38 UTC by Finnbarr P. Murphy
Modified: 2013-02-14 02:40 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-02-14 02:40:36 UTC
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Description Finnbarr P. Murphy 2010-10-29 22:38:14 UTC 
Description of problem:
After an UEFI install of Fedora 14, system-config-oot reports "Error reading /boot/grub/grub.conf

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
14

How reproducible:
Readily

Steps to Reproduce:
1. UEFI install Fedora 14
2. Select System/Administration/Bootloader
3.  
  
Actual results:
Cannot find grub.conf

Expected results:
system-config-boot should edit /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.conf.

Additional info:
No /boot/grub/grub.conf exists after UEFI-install
Comment 1 Matthew Garrett 2011-09-16 17:31:20 UTC 
Still a problem in F16. In fact arguably even more of a problem in F16, because the only systems with grub will be EFI. system-config-boot doesn't appear to handle grub2.
Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2011-09-19 08:45:51 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 734709 ***
Comment 3 Matthew Garrett 2011-09-19 11:41:12 UTC 
Not a duplicate. 734709 is "system-config-boot needs to support grub2", this is "system-config-boot doesn't support grub on UEFI installs".
Comment 4 Harald Hoyer 2011-09-19 13:42:15 UTC 
well, if s-c-boot would use a "libgrubby" (bug 739483), then this feature would be automatically gained...
Comment 5 Matthew Garrett 2011-09-19 13:52:41 UTC 
Right, but the current issue is that in some situations it opens /etc/grub.conf (which would work) and in other situations it opens /boot/grub/grub.conf (which won't). It seems possible to fix this without a complete rearchitecture.
Comment 6 Mads Kiilerich 2011-10-01 17:29:45 UTC 
It was my understanding that /etc/grub.conf should point to the right configuration file. Is there more to it than that, or why is a major change needed?
Comment 7 Fedora End Of Life 2013-02-14 02:40:40 UTC 
Fedora 16 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2013-02-12. Fedora 16 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

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