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Message #18363
[Bug 1217745] Re: Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks
** Changed in: hwe-next
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks
Status in HWE Next Project:
Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Quantal:
Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Raring:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Tried UEFI Shell command:
Shell> bcfg boot add 3 fs0:\EFI\boot\bootxx64.efi "test"
F11's Boot Menu cannot show the test entry.
Run "sudo fwts uefivarinfo -" will give this error:
Test 1 of 1: UEFI variable info query.
UEFI NVRAM storage:
Maximum storage: 73708 bytes
Remaining storage: 59812 bytes
Maximum variable size: 40920 bytes
Variable is larger than maximum variable length.
Return status: EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL. The buffer is not large enough to hold the
requested data. The required buffer size is returned in the appropriate
parameter when this error occurs.
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