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Ubuntu LTS UEFI NVME Mirror Boot

Posted by xaminmo

This is super touchy, and here is what I did to make it happy and stable.

This does not address if UEFI decides to write to one of these mirrors.  Someone else has a systemd unit to assemble with resync.

In the past, I used someone else’s bypass script, but this was cleaner, and works in 18 and 20 LTS.

 

### Filesystem / Mirror for EFI / UEFI booting:
mdadm raid 1, metadata 1.0
vfat filesystem for /boot/EFI

### Proper GRUB package
apt-get purge grub\*
apt-get install grub-efi
apt-get autoremove

### Settings that seem to not stick
dpkg-reconfigure -p low grub-efi-amd64
Update NVRAM variables to automatically boot into Debian? NO
echo "grub-pc grub2/update_nvram boolean false" | debconf-set-selections
echo "grub-pc grub-efi/install_devices multiselect /dev/md0" | debconf-set-selections

### Grub config
update-grub
grub-install --no-nvram /dev/md0

### UEFI boot list (variables)
[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -?
efibootmgr: invalid option -- '?'
efibootmgr version 17
usage: efibootmgr [options]
-a | --active sets bootnum active
-A | --inactive sets bootnum inactive
-b | --bootnum XXXX modify BootXXXX (hex)
-B | --delete-bootnum delete bootnum
-c | --create create new variable bootnum and add to bootorder
-C | --create-only create new variable bootnum and do not add to bootorder
-D | --remove-dups remove duplicate values from BootOrder
-d | --disk disk (defaults to /dev/sda) containing loader
-r | --driver Operate on Driver variables, not Boot Variables.
-e | --edd [1|3|-1] force EDD 1.0 or 3.0 creation variables, or guess
-E | --device num EDD 1.0 device number (defaults to 0x80)
-g | --gpt force disk with invalid PMBR to be treated as GPT
-i | --iface name create a netboot entry for the named interface
-l | --loader name (defaults to "\EFI\ubuntu\grub.efi")
-L | --label label Boot manager display label (defaults to "Linux")
-m | --mirror-below-4G t|f mirror memory below 4GB
-M | --mirror-above-4G X percentage memory to mirror above 4GB
-n | --bootnext XXXX set BootNext to XXXX (hex)
-N | --delete-bootnext delete BootNext
-o | --bootorder XXXX,YYYY,ZZZZ,... explicitly set BootOrder (hex)
-O | --delete-bootorder delete BootOrder
-p | --part part partition containing loader (defaults to 1 on partitioned devices)
-q | --quiet be quiet
-t | --timeout seconds set boot manager timeout waiting for user input.
-T | --delete-timeout delete Timeout.
-u | --unicode | --UCS-2 handle extra args as UCS-2 (default is ASCII)
-v | --verbose print additional information
-V | --version return version and exit
-w | --write-signature write unique sig to MBR if needed
-y | --sysprep Operate on SysPrep variables, not Boot Variables.
-@ | --append-binary-args file append extra args from file (use "-" for stdin)
-h | --help show help/usage

[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0019
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0006,0007,000C,0019,0018
Boot0000 Startup Menu FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)....ISPH
Boot0001 System Information FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0002 Bios Setup FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0003 3rd Party Option ROM Management FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0004 System Diagnostics FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0005* nvme0_grub HD(1,GPT,e41eb9e0-6606-411a-bb83-bed7577f29b3,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grub.efi)
Boot0006* nvme1_grub HD(1,GPT,aa23256a-95c6-4148-b56c-c8861fc7966a,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grub.efi)
Boot0007* nvme2_grub HD(1,GPT,1f7f7f5b-2a89-4d87-a617-6ccaf15078dd,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grub.efi)
Boot0008 Boot Menu FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0009* Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 408D5CE57214E331293064F6 BBS(USB,USB1,0x900)/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)......ISPH
Boot000B Network Boot FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot000C* nvme3_grub HD(1,GPT,cb8bc8b4-affc-4765-97c2-72af0c615d44,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grub.efi)
Boot000E* IPV6 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(88c9b3bfa1e9,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0010* IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1550 BBS(Network,Network1,0x0)/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x19,0x0)......ISPH
Boot0011 USB: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0012 HP Recovery FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0013* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0014* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH BBS(CDROM,CDROM1,0x400)/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)......ISPH
Boot0018* ubuntu HD(1,GPT,e41eb9e0-6606-411a-bb83-bed7577f29b3,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)....ISPH
Boot0019* ubuntu HD(1,GPT,e41eb9e0-6606-411a-bb83-bed7577f29b3,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi)....ISPH
Boot001A* IPV4 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(88c9b3bfa1e9,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH

[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -B -b 0005
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -B -b 0006
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -B -b 0007
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -B -b 0009
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -B -b 000c
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -B -b 0018
BootCurrent: 0019
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0019
Boot0000 Startup Menu
Boot0001 System Information
Boot0002 Bios Setup
Boot0003 3rd Party Option ROM Management
Boot0004 System Diagnostics
Boot0008 Boot Menu
Boot000B Network Boot
Boot000E* IPV6 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter
Boot0010* IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1550
Boot0011 USB:
Boot0012 HP Recovery
Boot0013* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH
Boot0014* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH
Boot0019* ubuntu
Boot001A* IPV4 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter

[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0019
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0019
Boot0000 Startup Menu FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)....ISPH
Boot0001 System Information FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0002 Bios Setup FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0003 3rd Party Option ROM Management FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0004 System Diagnostics FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0008 Boot Menu FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot000B Network Boot FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot000E* IPV6 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(88c9b3bfa1e9,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0010* IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1550 BBS(Network,Network1,0x0)/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x19,0x0)......ISPH
Boot0011 USB: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0012 HP Recovery FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0013* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0014* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH BBS(CDROM,CDROM1,0x400)/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)......ISPH
Boot0019* ubuntu HD(1,GPT,e41eb9e0-6606-411a-bb83-bed7577f29b3,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi)....ISPH
Boot001A* IPV4 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(88c9b3bfa1e9,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH

[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -L nvme0_grub -l '\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi'
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme1n1 -L nvme1_grub -l '\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi'
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme2n1 -L nvme2_grub -l '\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi'
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme3n1 -L nvme3_grub -l '\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi'
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -o 0005,0006,0007,0009,00019
BootCurrent: 0019
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0006,0007,0009,0019
Boot0000 Startup Menu
Boot0001 System Information
Boot0002 Bios Setup
Boot0003 3rd Party Option ROM Management
Boot0004 System Diagnostics
Boot0005* nvme0_grub
Boot0006* nvme1_grub
Boot0007* nvme2_grub
Boot0008 Boot Menu
Boot0009* nvme3_grub
Boot000B Network Boot
Boot000E* IPV6 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter
Boot0010* IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1550
Boot0011 USB:
Boot0012 HP Recovery
Boot0013* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH
Boot0014* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH
Boot0019* ubuntu
Boot001A* IPV4 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter

[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0019
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0006,0007,0009,0019
Boot0000 Startup Menu FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)....ISPH
Boot0001 System Information FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0002 Bios Setup FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0003 3rd Party Option ROM Management FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0004 System Diagnostics FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0005* nvme0_grub HD(1,GPT,e41eb9e0-6606-411a-bb83-bed7577f29b3,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi)
Boot0006* nvme1_grub HD(1,GPT,aa23256a-95c6-4148-b56c-c8861fc7966a,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi)
Boot0007* nvme2_grub HD(1,GPT,1f7f7f5b-2a89-4d87-a617-6ccaf15078dd,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi)
Boot0008 Boot Menu FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0009* nvme3_grub HD(1,GPT,cb8bc8b4-affc-4765-97c2-72af0c615d44,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi)
Boot000B Network Boot FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot000E* IPV6 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(88c9b3bfa1e9,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0010* IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1550 BBS(Network,Network1,0x0)/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x19,0x0)......ISPH
Boot0011 USB: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0012 HP Recovery FvVol(cdbb7b35-6833-4ed6-9ab2-57d2acddf6f0)/FvFile(9d8243e8-8381-453d-aceb-c350ee7757ca)......ISPH
Boot0013* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH
Boot0014* hp PLDS DVDRW DU8AESH BBS(CDROM,CDROM1,0x400)/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)......ISPH
Boot0019* ubuntu HD(1,GPT,e41eb9e0-6606-411a-bb83-bed7577f29b3,0x800,0x8e800)/File(\EFI\grub\shimx64.efi)....ISPH
Boot001A* IPV4 Network - Aquantia AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(88c9b3bfa1e9,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)N.....YM....R,Y.....ISPH

 

[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

[root@tsm2: /root]
/bin/bash# uname -a
Linux tsm2 5.4.0-97-generic #110-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 13 18:22:13 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


gallery upgrading

Posted by xaminmo

I’m finally updating the Gallery 1.5.10 server from 2004 to Gallery 3.0.9.
This fixes the PHP errors that kept showing up on the old version.
However, for right now, I can only log in with FireFox.

Anyway, 6851 photos, 160 albums, 16 users, 1535 comments getting imported.
When it’s done, we’ll see if everything looks okay before I swap it in place.
I honestly don’t think any on my users still use this.