System stuck in grub rescue shell after post.sh (server)

[leomeinel]

Now we are stuck in grub rescue shell after post.sh.
I will take a break and solve this another time! At least we are further than the EFI shell :D

On hardware it works without any problems now btw.

Reference: #130

[leomeinel]

(tested on server)

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[leomeinel]

[This may be related to] shim lock or grub not having all the modules preloaded

https://wejn.org/2021/09/fixing-grub-verification-requested-nobody-cares/

I guess I just need to add the flags to grub-install.

[leomeinel]

Still same error (tested on server)

[leomeinel]

TODO:

• track down what might've caused this since 2.0.0 (last tested version with logs)...
• test main
• test games
• (test without secureboot)

[leomeinel]

Both games and main boot into efi shell after setup.sh.
None of this currently makes sense to me. I'll try to find a good debugging solution and may continue tomorrow.

[leomeinel]

I don't know if anyone actually usews this repo besides me, but I'll pin relevant issues for now and add a note to the READMEs if this doesn't get fixed soon.

[leomeinel]

Also see #141

[leomeinel]

[This may be related to] shim lock or grub not having all the modules preloaded

https://wejn.org/2021/09/fixing-grub-verification-requested-nobody-cares/

I guess I just need to add the flags to grub-install.

Even tho not necessarily viable a lot of stuff written in the linked article is interesting and may help in solving this.

[leomeinel]

Just not using GRUB and finding an alternative that is more or less a drop-in-replacement might also be a good choice. I never liked grub, but I am almost certain that only grub supports my setup.

[leomeinel]

EFISTUB
UKI
systemd-boot with sideloaded drivers
Comparison

systemd-boot seems like a good option. I doubt that everything will be supported by it however.

[leomeinel]

Not using grub anymore is the best solotion to this I can think of and it may be interesting to implement all of the stuff I did for grub for something else.
I'll find some time and work on this!

[leomeinel]

Very similar setup

[leomeinel]

Another advantage of systemd-boot

[leomeinel]

Also not sure what filesystem means exactly. EFI/BOOT/ROOT or all of those?

[leomeinel]

I'll have to rewrite cryptboot aswell or at least change a lot!

[leomeinel]

Hope this doesn't go "as well" as my try to switch to nftables.
I wanted to do this since the start, but after nftables cost me a looot of time I didn't bother anymore.

[leomeinel]

At least the switch finally justifies a fresh install of my current machines..

[leomeinel]

Another advantage of systemd-boot

Not sure if I'm entirely wrong, but the --no-variables flag of bootctl kind of implies that there is more or less a --removable flag.

[leomeinel]

Damn, I didn't notice at all that until now I have been using sgdisk -t wrong..
All previous systems now have a linux raid partition type as their efi.

[leomeinel]

Damn, I didn't notice at all that until now I have been using sgdisk -t wrong.. All previous systems now have a linux raid partition type as their efi.

I might've also just copied and pasted the previous line and forgot, but I haven't noticed at all.. that's dumb