Opened 4 years ago
#19949 new defect
Some VirtualBox EFI Boot Menu entries do nothing when booting from ISO
| Reported by: | Harry M | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.14 |
| Keywords: | EFI "Boot Menu" | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Description:
With the exception of EFI Shell entry, none of the other choices in the EFI Boot Menu actually launch an EFI binary. I've tried this with several different ISO images with the same result. Usually, however, I can navigate using the EFI shell to the EFI binary and launch it manually.
Steps to reproduce (example):
(Using VirtualBox 6.1 on Devuan Ascii 2.1) Download recent copy of Devuan ISO (devuan.org) Create brand new EFI VM (with appropriate bitness) "Insert" the downloaded copy of Devuan ISO in the CD drive Start the VM -- the EFI shell will appear Exit the EFI Shell Select the Boot Menu option in the EFI UI Try to launch the entries in the Boot Menu (the EFI Shell entry will work; try others)
Expected Outcome: Grub menu appears
Actual Outcome: Nothing happens; the user is left in the EFI UI
Additional Information:
Adelie Linux (adelielinux.org) and Devuan experience this issue, regardless of 32 or 64 bitness, and regardless of which variation of these distros are used. Other distros have not been tested for EFI install extensively.
