Bug 30932

Summary:	Cauldron netinstall iso does not boot in UEFI mode from USB flash memory device
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Jüri Ivask <jyri2000>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Kernel and Drivers maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	High	CC:	fri, lewyssmith, lovaren, mageia, zen25000
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description Jüri Ivask 2022-10-04 09:06:58 CEST

Description of problem: Cauldron netinstall iso September 28th does not boot.
error: ../../grub-core/fs/fshelp.c:257: `/isolinux/x86_64/vmlinuz' not found.
error: ../../grub-core/loader/i386/efi/linux.c:232:you need to load the kernel first.

Comment 1 Morgan Leijström 2022-10-04 09:42:41 CEST

Thank you for the report

CC: (none) => fri
Assignee: bugsquad => kernel

Comment 2 Jüri Ivask 2022-10-06 13:43:47 CEST

No change with October 6th image...

Comment 3 Jüri Ivask 2022-10-13 09:04:48 CEST

No change with October 13th iso
This time tested the nonfree variant.

Comment 4 Jüri Ivask 2022-10-31 08:47:20 CET

No change with October 29th iso.
Duplicate of 31028?
As I make the usb stick with dd, I'll try to wait a lot longer this time after the dd command finishes...

Comment 5 Jüri Ivask 2022-10-31 09:01:11 CET

Used the following command (recommended to write PinePhone images) to write the image (in KDE Neon):

sudo dd if=Mageia-Cauldron-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync

No change - the result is still the same.

Comment 6 Barry Jackson 2022-10-31 12:01:52 CET

Did you try using dd with no 'extra' parameters after 'of=/dev/sdb' in a tty?
Maybe type: sync (after dd 'finishes') and wait until the prompt returns before removing the stick. Depending on the system and stick it may be many minutes.

CC: (none) => zen25000

Comment 7 Morgan Leijström 2022-10-31 12:05:49 CET

If you use isodumper, it will also verify

Comment 8 Jüri Ivask 2022-10-31 13:39:39 CET

Up to comment 5 used just plain dd if=Mageia-Cauldron-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb
Typing sync returns the prompt immediately :)

Comment 9 Martin Whitaker 2022-10-31 14:32:38 CET

tmb always tells us that 'sync' does not ensure the kernel buffers have been written out. Use 'eject' to be safe.

But this is perfectly reproducible when booting in UEFI mode from a USB stick. It is not reproducible in VirtualBox, which emulates booting from a CD/DVD.

Summary: Cauldron netinstall iso does not boot => Cauldron netinstall iso does not boot in UEFI mode from USB flash memory device
CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 10 Lewis Smith 2022-10-31 17:55:53 CET

(In reply to Martin Whitaker from comment #9)
> But this is perfectly reproducible when booting in UEFI mode from a USB
> stick.
Thank you for this confirmation. Raising the priority.
How to people manage to Netinstall with this obstacle?

Priority: Normal => High
CC: (none) => lewyssmith
Severity: normal => major

Comment 11 Lewis Smith 2022-10-31 17:59:32 CET

*** Bug 31028 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => lovaren

Comment 12 Martin Whitaker 2022-10-31 19:52:01 CET

Should be fixed now. Please test when drakx-installer-images-2.87-1.mga9 reaches the mirrors.

Comment 13 Jüri Ivask 2022-11-01 08:36:23 CET

Yes, seems to be fixed - boots again to installer window.
Thanks!

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: NEW => RESOLVED

Comment 14 Kristoffer Grundström 2022-11-01 18:10:27 CET

(In reply to Jüri Ivask from comment #13)
> Yes, seems to be fixed - boots again to installer window.
> Thanks!

Affirmative!