Ubuntu
debian-installer package

64 bit Ubuntu CD images contains unneeded grub2 modules (eg. bsd.mod or xnu.mod) in /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/

Bug #1015507 reported by Mantas Kriaučiūnas
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Baltix
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debian-installer (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

amd64 bit Ubuntu CD images are bigger than i386 and often doesn't fit into CD (because 64 bit images have additionally GRUB EFI boot loader). This problem can be solved by removing unneeded GRUB2 modules from CD:

Please remove unneeded grub2 modules in /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/ folder, like bsd.mod or xnu.mod (and several other, it seems, but I'm not GRUB guru) from 64 bit Ubuntu CD images.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

These files are tiny. You must be perilously close to the limit if it makes a difference!

affects: ubuntu-cdimage → debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)
Changed in baltix:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

Marking as Won't Fix.

I don't especially want to change this since there could be users who would want to dual-boot freebsd or something else. As Colin pointed out, these files are small enough to be irrelevant when having to make feature vs. size decisions.

Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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