Bug #35917
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PXE boot with GRUB2 fails, "linuxefi"and "initrdefi" deprecated
Added by Zailo Leite almost 2 years ago.
Updated almost 2 years ago.
Description
"linuxefi"and "initrdefi" are not avaliable in RHEL8, Once foreman-installer copies grubx64.efi from the foreman host (supposedly RHEL8 on current foreman) to /var/lib/tftpboot/grub2 provisioning and discovery PXE GRUB2 boot fails. Since foreman in RHEL7 is deprecated the references to "linuxefi"and "initrdefi" should be removed from the templates.
Example patch attached.
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Reading the source, this should automatically happen already if the OS has a proper major version set. Your patch should have no effect on EL7+.
Can you share what the OS major is set to for you?
The foreman host is 8.7
I'm not sure if I follow. The default template creates an output like:
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if [ ${grub_platform} "pc" ]; then
menuentry 'Foreman Discovery Image' --id discovery {
linux boot/fdi-image/vmlinuz0 ${common}
initrd boot/fdi-image/initrd0.img
}
else
menuentry 'Foreman Discovery Image EFI' --id discovery {
linuxefi boot/fdi-image/vmlinuz0 ${common}
initrdefi boot/fdi-image/initrd0.img
}
fi
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This will fail with with grubx64.efi from grub2-efi-x64-2.02-142 .
Typical error is:
error: …/…/grub-core/script/lexer.c:352:syntax error.
error: …/…/grub-core/script/lexer.c:352:Incorrect command.
I was asking about the Operating System as you have configured it in the application itself. Every host in Foreman is assigned an Operating System and that has a major version.
However, now that I reread it I wonder if the code is correct.
Either way, submitting it as a pull request on GitHub allows for proper discussion. Patches in Redmine typically get lost.
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