[Bug 1796260] Re: UEFI installation alongside BIOS installation: System BootOrder not found

[Steve Langasek]

Jean-Baptiste, your efibootmgr -v output shows no fewer than 18 boot
entries for Ubuntu.  That didn't happen as a result of a single install
of Ubuntu (.... I hope).  I think Dimitri's suggestion is that you zero
these out, either with efibootmgr or from the firmware UI, to see if the
system is less confused then and able to boot after install.

Like Dimitri, I do not see any evidence here of an Ubuntu bug, or if
there is a bug, what that bug would be.

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Title:
  UEFI installation alongside BIOS installation: System BootOrder not
  found

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Cosmic Desktop 20181005

  Test Case:
  1. Boot in BIOS mode and install on entire disk
  => Verify that the system boots
  2. Boot in UEFI and perform a new installation alongside previous one
  => Verify that you can boot to the new system

  Actual result
  It fails immediately on boot with a message from the uefi firmware (its very brief because the system reboots immediately in a loop):

  """""
  System BootOrder not found. Initializing defaults.
  Creating boot entry "Boot0011" with label "Ubuntu" for file "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

  Reset System
  """""

  The BIOS installation boots fine if I switch back to BIOS mode.
  An UEFI installation on entire disk boots fine.

  Log files of the UEFI installation attached.

  The EFI partition is created and its content is:
  .
  ./EFI
  ./EFI/ubuntu
  ./EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
  ./EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi
  ./EFI/ubuntu/mmx64.efi
  ./EFI/ubuntu/BOOTX64.CSV
  ./EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg
  ./EFI/BOOT
  ./EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
  ./EFI/BOOT/fbx64.efi

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: ubiquity 18.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-8.9-generic 4.18.7
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.396
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Oct  5 09:40:31 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta amd64 (20181005)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=C.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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