On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 09:37:06AM -0500, David R. Hedges wrote: >Package: installation-reports >Severity: important > >Dear Maintainer, > > * What led up to the situation? >The machine is configured to use UEFI boot; the installer was booted as a UEFI >target (manually selected). I used the 'regular' install (not graphical or >advanced). > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? >I ran the installer per normal; I manually partitioned my NVMe drive with an >EFI system partition and / as ext4. After the installer completed, I removed >the USB installation media and rebooted. The machine did not boot into Debian. >I could manually enter the HP boot setup menu and "boot from file," and >navigate >to the EFI path for Debian, but I could not add it as a boot option. I tried >using efibootmgr to set the boot entry; it claimed to have succeeded, but did >not result in a bootable system. Eventually I found a link[1] instucting me to >replicate the Debian EFI boot program into EFI/Microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi, >which was successful. > * What was the outcome of this action? >After the normal install, the system would not boot into Debian. After >applying a workaround for a hard-coded EFI path, the system booted. > * What outcome did you expect instead? >I expected the system to boot successfully into Debian after running the >installer.
OK, so you have broken firmware on your computer which is causing this. Could you try the (better) workaround and install to the removable media path please? https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Since phone messaging became popular, the young generation has lost the ability to read or write anything that is longer than one hundred and sixty characters." -- Ignatios Souvatzis
