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0000041AlmaLinux-8grub2public2021-04-25 14:22
Reporterbenbaylis Assigned Toalukoshko  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Summary0000041: grub2 update this morning doesn't update efi
DescriptionThe update to grub2 and shim files fails to update EFI to point to the new boot files.

Running efibootmgr -v shows the \EFI\centos\shimx64.efi as the boot file to load.
I would expect the entry to be updated to point to \EFI\almalinux\shimx64.efi

[ben@avantweb2 ~]$ efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0000
BootOrder: 0004,0002
Boot0000* AlmaLinux HD(1,GPT,b60a5899-ded4-46c1-a1ae-51d0522007ff,0x800,0x800000)/File(\EFI\centos\shimx64.efi)
Boot0001* Hard drive C: VenHw(d6c0639f-c705-4eb9-aa4f-5802d8823de6)..;...............@......Y@..Y@.......................................................A.....................#.3.B.0.0. .I.D.0.C. .L.U.N.0. .H.G.S.T. . . . . .H.U.S.T.R.7.6.9.6.A.S.S.2.0.....................................................................@.....@.............A.....................I.D.S.D.M...
Boot0002* USB Placeholder VenHw(0c8cb6cc-13ae-45f4-bbcd-6a25e98ac250)

I had to manually create the entry:

[ben@avantweb2 ~]$ efibootmgr -c -b 0004 -d /dev/sda -p 1 -L AlmaLinuxBB -l \\EFI\\almalinux\\shimx64.efi

[ben@avantweb2 ~]$ efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0000
BootOrder: 0004,0002
Boot0001* Hard drive C: VenHw(d6c0639f-c705-4eb9-aa4f-5802d8823de6)..;...............@......Y@..Y@.......................................................A.....................#.3.B.0.0. .I.D.0.C. .L.U.N.0. .H.G.S.T. . . . . .H.U.S.T.R.7.6.9.6.A.S.S.2.0.....................................................................@.....@.............A.....................I.D.S.D.M...
Boot0002* USB Placeholder VenHw(0c8cb6cc-13ae-45f4-bbcd-6a25e98ac250)
Boot0004* AlmaLinuxBB HD(1,GPT,b60a5899-ded4-46c1-a1ae-51d0522007ff,0x800,0x800000)/File(\EFI\almalinux\shimx64.efi)
Steps To ReproduceRunning efibootmgr -v shows the \EFI\centos\shimx64.efi as the boot file to load.

Additional InformationThe updates I installed, that caused the issue:

Packages Altered:
    Install grub2-tools-efi-1:2.02-90.el8_3.1.alma.x86_64 @baseos
    Upgrade efi-filesystem-3-2.el8.alma.1.noarch @baseos
    Upgraded efi-filesystem-3-2.el8.alma.noarch @@System
    Upgrade grub2-common-1:2.02-90.el8_3.1.alma.noarch @baseos
    Upgraded grub2-common-1:2.02-90.el8.alma.noarch @@System
    Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-1:2.02-90.el8_3.1.alma.x86_64 @baseos
    Upgraded grub2-efi-x64-1:2.02-90.el8.alma.x86_64 @@System
    Upgrade grub2-tools-1:2.02-90.el8_3.1.alma.x86_64 @baseos
    Upgraded grub2-tools-1:2.02-90.el8.alma.x86_64 @@System
    Upgrade grub2-tools-extra-1:2.02-90.el8_3.1.alma.x86_64 @baseos
    Upgraded grub2-tools-extra-1:2.02-90.el8.alma.x86_64 @@System
    Upgrade grub2-tools-minimal-1:2.02-90.el8_3.1.alma.x86_64 @baseos
    Upgraded grub2-tools-minimal-1:2.02-90.el8.alma.x86_64 @@System
    Upgrade shim-x64-15-16.el8.alma.1.x86_64 @baseos
    Upgraded shim-x64-15-16.el8.alma.x86_64 @@System
    Upgrade efi-srpm-macros-3-2.el8.alma.1.noarch @appstream
    Upgraded efi-srpm-macros-3-2.el8.alma.noarch @@System

EFI Boot Entries:
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alukoshko

2021-04-25 14:22

administrator   ~0000171

Hello.
8.3 stable release creates \EFI\almalinux\shimx64.efi boot entry from the beginning.
We had to make that move (centos -> almalinux) before going stable so sorry for not too smooth updates during RC phase.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2021-03-18 17:37 benbaylis New Issue
2021-03-19 22:23 alukoshko Assigned To => alukoshko
2021-03-19 22:23 alukoshko Status new => assigned
2021-04-25 14:22 alukoshko Note Added: 0000171
2021-04-25 14:22 alukoshko Status assigned => closed
2021-04-25 14:22 alukoshko Resolution open => fixed