Call for testing: UEFI boot of current Rawhide images written to USB with dd

[Adam Williamson]

Hey folks!

As part of testing the switch to using grub2 for BIOS boot of live and
installer images, I tried writing a recent image to USB with dd and
booting it in native UEFI mode on my test box. It didn't work.

However, Brian Lane says it's fine for him, and I haven't seen anyone
else mention this issue. So maybe it's something odd with my test stick
or system.

Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
current equivalent would be
https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
- to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue or
I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks!
-- 
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA
IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
https://www.happyassassin.net

[Chris Murphy]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2022, at 7:44 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>  Hey folks!
>
>  As part of testing the switch to using grub2 for BIOS boot of live and
>  installer images, I tried writing a recent image to USB with dd and
>  booting it in native UEFI mode on my test box. It didn't work.
>
>  However, Brian Lane says it's fine for him, and I haven't seen anyone
>  else mention this issue. So maybe it's something odd with my test stick
>  or system.
>
>  Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
>  Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
>  current equivalent would be
>
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
>  - to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
>  and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue or
>  I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks! 
Run this on the stick that's been dd'd

sudo parted /dev/sdb u s p

Is there a pmbr_boot disk flag? I forget how to remove it using parted, but maybe

parted /dev/sdb   disk_set pmbr_boot off

Now see if the stick boots the cranky hardware.



-- 
Chris Murphy

[Geraldo Simião Kutz]

Adam, I tested with this same iso you linked here on two different
computers (acer aspire native UEFI and HP-G42 BIOS) pendrive (Sandisk
cruzer blade 16GB) using dd (dd
if="./Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220802.n.0.iso"
of="/dev/sdb" status="progress" conv="fsync").
Both booted fine to the installer, no problems here.
Hope this helps.

Geraldo

@geraldosimiao:matrix.org


Em ter., 2 de ago. de 2022 às 20:44, Adam Williamson <
adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; escreveu:

>  Hey folks!
>
>  As part of testing the switch to using grub2 for BIOS boot of live and
>  installer images, I tried writing a recent image to USB with dd and
>  booting it in native UEFI mode on my test box. It didn't work.
>
>  However, Brian Lane says it's fine for him, and I haven't seen anyone
>  else mention this issue. So maybe it's something odd with my test stick
>  or system.
>
>  Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
>  Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
>  current equivalent would be
>
>
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
>  - to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
>  and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue or
>  I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks!
>  --
>  Adam Williamson
>  Fedora QA
>  IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
>  https://www.happyassassin.net
>
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[Adam Williamson]

On Tue, 2022-08-02 at 23:06 -0300, Geraldo Simião Kutz wrote:
>  Adam, I tested with this same iso you linked here on two different
>  computers (acer aspire native UEFI and HP-G42 BIOS) pendrive (Sandisk
>  cruzer blade 16GB) using dd (dd
>  if="./Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220802.n.0.iso"
>  of="/dev/sdb" status="progress" conv="fsync").
>  Both booted fine to the installer, no problems here.
>  Hope this helps. 
Thanks a lot for the data Geraldo!
-- 
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA
IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
https://www.happyassassin.net

[Kamil Paral]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 1:45 AM Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
wrote:

>  Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
>  Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
>  current equivalent would be
>
>
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
>  - to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
>  and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue or
>  I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks!
>  
Wrote the linked ISO to a thumb drive using Fedora Media Writer. Tested
UEFI-only boot on three different computers, works fine. Tested BIOS-only
boot on two different computers, and IT'S BROKEN. Well, it actually works
fine on my Intel 4th gen-based desktop PC, but it doesn't boot on my
Thinkpad T480s (in "Legacy only, CSM enabled" mode). When I select the
flash drive in the one-time boot menu, it just immediately returns back to
the menu. On the same T480s, Fedora 36 images boot just fine in BIOS-only
mode. Not good. Worth reporting it somewhere? (I'm not sure if I can add
any more valuable data, though).

[Luna Jernberg]

Hey!

Seems the mediatest is broken for me (with this afternoon for me) image of
20220803.5
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Worksta...
when i wrote the image with gnome-disks however and not dd also the regular
boot option spots out some problems but boots after a while

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 1:44 AM Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
wrote:

>  Hey folks!
>
>  As part of testing the switch to using grub2 for BIOS boot of live and
>  installer images, I tried writing a recent image to USB with dd and
>  booting it in native UEFI mode on my test box. It didn't work.
>
>  However, Brian Lane says it's fine for him, and I haven't seen anyone
>  else mention this issue. So maybe it's something odd with my test stick
>  or system.
>
>  Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
>  Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
>  current equivalent would be
>
>
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
>  - to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
>  and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue or
>  I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks!
>  --
>  Adam Williamson
>  Fedora QA
>  IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
>  https://www.happyassassin.net
>
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[Luna Jernberg]

Spits outs dracut related errors on my older HP 655 laptop

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 3:04 PM Luna Jernberg <droidbittin(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Hey!
>
>  Seems the mediatest is broken for me (with this afternoon for me) image of
>  20220803.5
>
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Worksta...
>  when i wrote the image with gnome-disks however and not dd also the regular
>  boot option spots out some problems but boots after a while
>
>  On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 1:44 AM Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  wrote:
>
> > Hey folks!
> >
> > As part of testing the switch to using grub2 for BIOS boot of live and
> > installer images, I tried writing a recent image to USB with dd and
> > booting it in native UEFI mode on my test box. It didn't work.
> >
> > However, Brian Lane says it's fine for him, and I haven't seen anyone
> > else mention this issue. So maybe it's something odd with my test stick
> > or system.
> >
> > Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
> > Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
> > current equivalent would be
> >
> >
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
> > - to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
> > and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue or
> > I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks!
> > --
> > Adam Williamson
> > Fedora QA
> > IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
> > https://www.happyassassin.net
> >
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[Luna Jernberg]

Having the same problem with the 20220806 ISO on my hardware (HP 655
laptop):
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Worksta...

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 3:04 PM Luna Jernberg <droidbittin(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Hey!
>
>  Seems the mediatest is broken for me (with this afternoon for me) image of
>  20220803.5
>
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Worksta...
>  when i wrote the image with gnome-disks however and not dd also the regular
>  boot option spots out some problems but boots after a while
>
>  On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 1:44 AM Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  wrote:
>
> > Hey folks!
> >
> > As part of testing the switch to using grub2 for BIOS boot of live and
> > installer images, I tried writing a recent image to USB with dd and
> > booting it in native UEFI mode on my test box. It didn't work.
> >
> > However, Brian Lane says it's fine for him, and I haven't seen anyone
> > else mention this issue. So maybe it's something odd with my test stick
> > or system.
> >
> > Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
> > Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
> > current equivalent would be
> >
> >
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
> > - to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
> > and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue or
> > I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks!
> > --
> > Adam Williamson
> > Fedora QA
> > IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
> > https://www.happyassassin.net
> >
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[Richard Shaw]

Worked fine on my system. Gigabyte B550 / Ryzen 5 3600 / Radeon RX 580.

Thanks,
Richard

[Adam Williamson]

On Sun, 2022-08-07 at 10:51 +0200, Luna Jernberg wrote:
>  Having the same problem with the 20220806 ISO on my hardware (HP 655
>  laptop):
>
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Worksta...
Hey, Luna. The mediacheck problem is known:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107858

if you avoid the media check, does the system boot ok? Thanks!
-- 
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA
IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
https://www.happyassassin.net

[Luna Jernberg]

Yes, it does.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 7:35 PM Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
wrote:

>  On Sun, 2022-08-07 at 10:51 +0200, Luna Jernberg wrote:
>  > Having the same problem with the 20220806 ISO on my hardware (HP 655
>  > laptop):
>  >
>
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Worksta...
>
>  Hey, Luna. The mediacheck problem is known:
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107858
>
>  if you avoid the media check, does the system boot ok? Thanks!
>  --
>  Adam Williamson
>  Fedora QA
>  IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
>  https://www.happyassassin.net
>
>
>

[Stephen Snow]

Hello 
Tested using this command to write the file provided at the link ...

`sudo dd if=Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220802.n.0.iso
of=/dev/sde status=progress`

Instalation on 
https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=64e8ddf1c9

Worked fine for me.

Stephen

On Tue, 2022-08-02 at 16:44 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
>  Hey folks!
>  
>  As part of testing the switch to using grub2 for BIOS boot of live
>  and
>  installer images, I tried writing a recent image to USB with dd and
>  booting it in native UEFI mode on my test box. It didn't work.
>  
>  However, Brian Lane says it's fine for him, and I haven't seen anyone
>  else mention this issue. So maybe it's something odd with my test
>  stick
>  or system.
>  
>  Can anyone else try writing a recent Rawhide image - I used Fedora-
>  Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20220704.n.0.iso at the time, so a
>  current equivalent would be
>
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-2022080...
>  - to USB with dd then booting it in native UEFI mode on some system,
>  and see if it works? It'd be good to know if there's a general issue
>  or
>  I just have some cranky hardware. Thanks!
>  -- 
>  Adam Williamson
>  Fedora QA
>  IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha
>  https://www.happyassassin.net
>  
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