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    Solved Kernel 4.11.6 UEFI VARS and efibootmgr

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      CBO last edited by

      Hello,

      I noticed that efibootmgr is not usable with standard fog kernel (EFI variables are not supported on this system).

      I used the documentation https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Build_TomElliott_Kernel#Build_TomElliott_Kernel_for_FOG_0.33b_and_newer to compile the kernel and changed only this option:

          EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Support
          <*> EFI Variable Support via sysfs
      

      and now efibootmgr is working. Can you activate this option by default in the fog kernel ?

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      • Tom Elliott
        Tom Elliott last edited by

        I’ve updated the current 4.11.6 kernels to include both the vars and the boot editing elements.

        Hopefully this helps.

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          CBO @Tom Elliott last edited by

          Hello @Tom-Elliott when we deploy new computers we want to configure EFI boot order via postdownloadscripts to modify default entries.

          Usually if we just deploy image to the disk (including the EFI partition) it will not boot as-is. We have go to bios and add a new entry (this is for Dell desktop computers and Xubuntu images). If we can use efibootmgr from postdownloadscripts we will script this to avoid manual configuration after first imaging.

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            Quazz Moderator @Tom Elliott last edited by

            @Tom-Elliott Ahhh, fair enough, I couldn’t remember exactly what the issue was there.

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            • Tom Elliott
              Tom Elliott @Quazz last edited by

              @Quazz Most likely not seeing as booting newer mac’s don’t make it to the kernel in the first place. They’re stuck in iPXE (maybe not even that far?)

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              • Tom Elliott
                Tom Elliott last edited by

                Might I ask what you’re using this for? This wasn’t added because it caused other problems (when I tested it).

                Adding it is simple enough sure, but what other impacts does it have?

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                Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                  Quazz Moderator last edited by

                  I wonder if this could potentially help with booting Macs on the newest firmwares?

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                  • Wayne Workman
                    Wayne Workman last edited by

                    Moved to feature requests, and you rock.

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