Bug#746662: add install-time option to place grub-efi in removable media path

2014-10-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 06:43:24PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >Robert Lange (2014-10-19): >> I agree with the original poster and argue for increasing the >> priority of this bug, because under certain circumstances it may >> make a Debian system appear to be unbootable. >> >> As it stands, if

Bug#746662: add install-time option to place grub-efi in removable media path

2014-10-19 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Robert Lange (2014-10-19): > I agree with the original poster and argue for increasing the > priority of this bug, because under certain circumstances it may > make a Debian system appear to be unbootable. > > As it stands, if something causes the computer's EFI NVRAM to get > wiped (e.g., user e

Bug#746662: add install-time option to place grub-efi in removable media path

2014-10-19 Thread Robert Lange
I agree with the original poster and argue for increasing the priority of this bug, because under certain circumstances it may make a Debian system appear to be unbootable. As it stands, if something causes the computer's EFI NVRAM to get wiped (e.g., user error, firmware bug, firmware upgrade

Bug#746662: add install-time option to place grub-efi in removable media path

2014-05-02 Thread Leif Lindholm
Package: debian-installer Version: 20140316 Severity: wishlist There are many platforms out there with broken UEFI implementations. It would be useful to in the UEFI installer have a way of instructing the installer to place GRUB in the "removable media loader path" (as defined by the UEFI specifi