Source: debian-installer Version: 20230607+deb12u6 Followup-For: Bug #1077635 X-Debbugs-Cc: Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org>
On 31/07/2024 Pascal Hambourg wrote: > On 31/07/2024 at 03:04, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote: >> >> This is an RFC whether it would be possible to include UEFI shell into >> the debian installer media. I understand that it won't work with >> SecureBoot > > The menu entry can be hidden when secure boot is enabled. Yes >> For example, on some of old Qualcomm-based laptops EFI vars are not >> accessible or are read-only. Thus it is not possible to setup boot >> configuration from the running Linux configuration. > > Isn't it possible to work around this with grub-installer options > "install in the removable media path" and "do not update EFI boot > variables" ? Not really. E.g. on Lenovo Miix 630 winldr gets selected even if grub is installed in the removable media path. Moreover until DTB loading issues get sorted out we have to manually modify EFI boot entries after installing the DtbLoader.efi. -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.10.6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/bash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) -- With best wishes Dmitry
