Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 971980
UEFI installation hangs
Last modified: 2014-02-05 16:43:24 EST
Description of problem: Installation of Fedora 18 hangs in UEFI mode on ASUS F2A85-M Board. (current BIOS Version 6102 and all lower versions) How reproducible: Create Boot-medium (USB Flash Drive or DVD), press F8 after power on, select UEFI: <Device with Install-Medium> Steps to Reproduce: 1. Press F8 after power on, to open BOOT-Menu 2. Select UEFI: <Install medium> 3. GRUP MENU is showning 4. Select first entry 5. "Secure boot not enabled" is showing 6. Blank screen is showing 7. nothing happens Actual results: showing Grub Menu, Secure boot not enabled(or if secureboot is enabled: "Binary is verified by the vendor certificate"), blank screen -> hangs Expected results: boot to the installer Additional info: 16GB Ram Samsung 830 SSD 256GB
I get exactly the same on a Thinkpad W530 attempting a Fedora 19 x86_64 install (or rescue, or ISO checksum test) in UEFI mode. I have 32 GB RAM and discrete graphics is disabled in the BIOS. Enabling/disabling UEFI CSM does not change the outcome. While trying to boot from the F19 install DVD from an external USB I get to the Grub menu as expected. No matter which option I select, there is a short activity on the DVD drive and then I'm stuck at "Secure boot not enabled" (if secure boot is disabled in the bios) or the "Binary is verified..." message if I enable it. I have an F19 installation on my (GPT-partitioned) SSD that was FedUp-graded from F18. This used to boot in UEFI mode, but I broke something during the beta cycle. When I try to boot this install I get exactly the same issue: The Grub2 commandline works, but when booting a kernel it immediately hangs with the "Secure boot not enabled" message on an otherwise black screen. However, on the already installed version the /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg is wrong so I might be doing something wrong on the Grub2 commandline.
I also have the same thing on an MSI GX70 3BE. At the suggestion of upstream, I added the efi linux.mod to a usb live (or install) key, added "insmod linux" and changed "linuxefi" and "initrdefi" to "linux" and "initrd" in grub.cfg and was able to boot successfully. I think bug 1004195 is a duplicate.
Stills happens with Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-Alpha-4.iso, for the record. I applied the latest bios update to my W530 since the changelog mentioned some fix for usb booting, but that didn't make a difference either.
(In reply to Volker Braun from comment #1) > No matter which option I select, there is a short > activity on the DVD drive and then I'm stuck at "Secure boot not enabled" > (if secure boot is disabled in the bios) or the "Binary is verified..." > message if I enable it. This means the kernel was loaded successfully and then it failed.
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