Bug#1026915: grub-install --removable uses CD boot image instead of normal disk boot image

Steve McIntyre steve at einval.com
Sun Jan 15 23:59:11 GMT 2023


On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 10:03:18PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>Package: grub-efi-amd64-bin
>Version: 2.06-3~deb11u5
>Tags: patch
>
>When installing GRUB for UEFI secure boot, "grub-install --removable" uses
>the CD boot image gcd{arch}.efi.signed which is designed for CD boot and
>lacks encryption, LVM and RAID support. Such image cannot read /boot on LUKS,
>LVM or Linux RAID.

Right, you're totally correct. IMHO there's no good reason for us to
use the smaller image here with stuff missing. Let's fix that!

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve at einval.com
"C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone



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