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[Bug 1642298] Re: UEFI Xenial install sets computer to boot from hard disk

 

The grub2 changes are in zesty as of 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu1. Could I ask
the curtin developers to take a look at implementing the necessary
changes there? Specifically, using the new grub2/update_nvram preseed
instead of manually passing --no-nvram to grub-install during install.

** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu Yakkety)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Yakkety)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  UEFI Xenial install sets computer to boot from hard disk

Status in curtin:
  Confirmed
Status in MAAS:
  Invalid
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in grub2 source package in Xenial:
  Triaged
Status in grub2 source package in Yakkety:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  This bug is a regression of bug #1311827.

  On a current MAAS 2.0 installation, I've discovered that MAAS is now
  overriding the PXE-boot settings, causing the system to attempt to
  boot directly from the grubx64.efi on the hard disk's EFI System
  Partition (ESP). After installation, the result looks like this:

  ubuntu@oil-hatanaka:~$ sudo efibootmgr
  BootCurrent: 0005
  Timeout: 1 seconds
  BootOrder: 0005,0001,0002,0003,0004
  Boot0001* UEFI: IP4 ELX NIC Bus:Dev:Func 3:0:0 - Fujitsu DynamicLoM Emulex OCl14000-LOM
  Boot0002* UEFI: IP6 ELX NIC Bus:Dev:Func 3:0:0 - Fujitsu DynamicLoM Emulex OCl14000-LOM
  Boot0003* UEFI: IP4 ELX NIC Bus:Dev:Func 3:0:1 - Fujitsu DynamicLoM Emulex OCl14000-LOM
  Boot0004* UEFI: IP6 ELX NIC Bus:Dev:Func 3:0:1 - Fujitsu DynamicLoM Emulex OCl14000-LOM
  Boot0005* ubuntu

  Note that BootOrder specifies Boot0005 as the first option, causing
  the computer to attempt to boot from the hard disk rather than PXE-
  boot (any of the other Boot#### options on this computer). This causes
  at least two problems:

  * If Secure Boot is enabled, the computer may fail to boot, because the "ubuntu" entry points
    to grubx64.efi, not shimx64.efi. (If the computer silently falls past the SB failure, it
    will boot; but on the Fujitsu system I tested, it displays a console message about the SB
    failure that requires human interaction, and therefore hangs indefinitely in a MAAS
    environment.)
  * Re-deploying the node is impossible without manual intervention, because the system
    will try to boot from the hard disk rather than PXE-booting under MAAS control.

  This problem has occurred on a server running MAAS
  2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 (see below for detailed version
  information). Another server running MAAS
  2.1.0+bzr5480-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 does NOT have the problem. I suspect
  the problem is with the ephemeral images, though, not the MAAS version
  per se. I'm attaching the log files from the MAAS 2.0 system as
  requested.

  I've tested this with three systems: A Fujitsu RX2530M2R2, a Fujitsu
  RX2540M2R1, and an IBM x3650 M2. (The MAAS 2.1 server controlled an
  Intel NUC DC53427HYE.) The Fujitsu systems are new (to us), but the
  IBM has been in our possession for an extended period and has never
  exhibited this problem (except perhaps when bug #1311827 was current),
  so I'm confident this is a regression.

  All tests involved deployments of Ubuntu 16.04. Most used the
  certification custom images (for 16.04.1), but I've verified the
  results on one system deploying the standard MAAS image for xenial.

  MAAS version information:

  rodsmith@weavile:~$ dpkg -l '*maas*'|cat
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name                            Version                        Architecture Description
  +++-===============================-==============================-============-==================================================
  ii  maas                            2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          "Metal as a Service" is a physical cloud and IPAM
  ii  maas-cert-server                0.2.25-0~64~ubuntu16.04.1      all          Ubuntu certification support files for MAAS server
  ii  maas-cli                        2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS client and command-line interface
  un  maas-cluster-controller         <none>                         <none>       (no description available)
  ii  maas-common                     2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS server common files
  ii  maas-dhcp                       2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS DHCP server
  ii  maas-dns                        2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS DNS server
  ii  maas-proxy                      2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS Caching Proxy
  ii  maas-rack-controller            2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          Rack Controller for MAAS
  ii  maas-region-api                 2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          Region controller API service for MAAS
  ii  maas-region-controller          2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          Region Controller for MAAS
  un  maas-region-controller-min      <none>                         <none>       (no description available)
  un  python-django-maas              <none>                         <none>       (no description available)
  un  python-maas-client              <none>                         <none>       (no description available)
  un  python-maas-provisioningserver  <none>                         <none>       (no description available)
  ii  python3-django-maas             2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS server Django web framework (Python 3)
  ii  python3-maas-client             2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS python API client (Python 3)
  ii  python3-maas-provisioningserver 2.0.0+bzr5189-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all          MAAS server provisioning libraries (Python 3)

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