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Subject: Re: grub-efi-amd64: After fresh installation on Dell Wyse 3040,
 computer will not start up becase of buggy UEFI firmware implementation
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 20:45:35 +0100 Lutz <debian.bugs@topfrose.de> wrote:
> Package: grub-efi-amd64
> Version: 2.06-3~deb11u5
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I managed to install Debian on a Dell Wyse 3040 (see documentation on https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Wyse%203040).
> 
> The UEFI firmware implementation on this device requires that the file \EFI\boot\bootx64.efi is present. The contents of this file do not matter - the file can be empty.
> 
> The debian installer currently does not take this limitation in account. Hence, after installation of the base system and first reboot, the system won't start up.
> 
> Normal users would probably give up at this point. 
> 
> In order to make installation of Debian on these devices a no-brainer, I suggest to add some logic to the package: When the command 'dmidecode -s system-product-name' returns 'Wyse 3040 Thin Client', run the command 'touch /boot/efi/EFI/boot/bootx64.EFI' or, alternatively, set 'grub2/force_efi_extra_removable' to 'true'. Fixed in grub-installer 1.210 which sets grub2/force_efi_extra_removable 
to true by default if the fallback/removable media path is empty.]