[Bug 1054323] Re: Server Installer fails at 'grub install dummy' in EFI mode

[Olaf Seibert]

May 26 11:51:56 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --force "dummy"
May 26 11:51:56 grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[37905]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 4 (/dev/ttyS1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 5 (/dev/ttyS1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 6 (/dev/ttyS1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 8 (/dev/sdb1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[37905]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 4 (/dev/ttyS1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 5 (/dev/ttyS1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 6 (/dev/ttyS1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: File descriptor 8 (/dev/sdb1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 3610: grub-install
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: read_file: could not read from file: Input/output error.
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: vars_get_variable: read_file(/sys/firmware/efi/vars/Boot0001-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c/raw_var) failed: Input/output error.
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: Input/output error.
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Input/output error.
May 26 11:51:57 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force "dummy"' failed.
May 26 11:51:57 debconf: --> SUBST grub-installer/grub-install-failed BOOTDEV dummy
May 26 11:51:57 debconf: Adding [BOOTDEV] -> [dummy]
May 26 11:51:57 debconf: <-- 0
May 26 11:51:57 debconf: --> INPUT critical grub-installer/grub-install-failed

On the other hand, maybe the real problem is the Input/output errors on
the EFI variables.

Is there some way to skip installing the boot loader? We boot from PXE
anyway.

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Title:
  Server Installer fails at 'grub install dummy' in EFI mode

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub-installer source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  
  Release: Ubuntu 12.10 Server amd64 Edition, September 21st daily build

  grub2-common_2.00-5ubuntu3_amd64.deb
  grub-efi-amd64-bin amd64 2.00-5ubuntu3 [746 kB]
  grub-efi-amd64 amd64 2.00-5ubuntu3
  grub-efi amd64 2.00-5ubuntu3 
  grub-installer 1.78ubuntu2

  The 12.10 server installer crashes at what appears to be the grub-
  install phase on PowerEdge hardware running in EFI mode.   This is
  seen on both 11G and 12G systems.

  Steps to Reproduce:

  1) Kick off an installation of 64-bit Ubuntu 12.10 server in EFI mode

  2) Follow all the installation steps and prompts.

  
  Actual Results:

  At the grub-install phase, the system attempts to install the
  bootloader, but, fails to do so claiming that "grub install dummy" has
  failed.

  Expected Results:

  grub installation completes along with the rest of the server OS.

  Non-EFI installations work fine.

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