Bug#702800: grub-efi: Upgrade failed to install properly? symbol not found: grub_efi_secure_boot

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 03/11/2013 01:18 PM, Colin Watson wrote:

> Right.  (Just in case the Internet at large spots this; this has nothing
> specifically to do with UEFI secure boot, and would have happened on any
> GRUB core/modules ABI change.)

yep, makes sense.

> The former is used on removable media; the latter is used on fixed
> disks.

thanks, this is useful info.

> Perhaps, therefore, grub-install was invoked with --removable at
> one point, which as far as I know is the only path by which the former
> is created.

i'm pretty sure that i have used the --removable argument in the past.
i wouldn't have thought i used it against the built-in disk, but it's
certainly possible.

> It's possible that your firmware prefers the former path if it can find
> it; not all EFI systems quite work the way the spec says they should.  I
> would suggest moving the former aside and seeing what happens, although
> you should probably also check that the latter is in efibootmgr if your
> firmware doesn't have a way to boot from a nominated file.

i'll give this a shot and report back when i have a chance to reboot.
At the moment, i'm booting from "legacy BIOS" mode from a USB stick, so
efibootmgr doesn't work at all.

	--dkg

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