grub2, cannot upgrade due to EFI partition type mismatch
Bug #1899462 reported by
Gianfranco Costamagna
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
High
|
Julian Andres Klode | ||
| Focal |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Groovy |
Won't Fix
|
High
|
Julian Andres Klode | ||
Bug Description
grub2, when looking for suitable ESPs, only looks at MBR partitions with id 0xef. However, systems do boot from other vfat partitions too, in this case, a 0xb partition.
Now, if the ESPs were changed while upgrading, the prompt to select ESPs will not be shown and the upgrade will fail; because no ESPs are considered valid and hences CHOICES is empty.
IRC discussion: https:/
Trace log: Attached
Workaround: Change partition type of /boot/efi or other ESPs from 0xb (in this concrete example) to 0xef
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Groovy): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Focal): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| tags: | added: rls-gg-incoming |
Revision history for this message
| Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| tags: | added: fr-830 |
| tags: | removed: rls-gg-incoming |
Revision history for this message
| Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote | #2 |
Revision history for this message
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Groovy): | |
| status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
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