[systemd-devel] UEFI menu entries wiped from BIOS after power off at dm-crypt boot prompt

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Jamie Kitson <jamie at kitten-x.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> if I power off my computer at the dm-crypt boot password prompt my UEFI
> menu entries get wiped from the BIOS and reset to the single default
> Windows option.
>
> This is with an Asus UX32VD laptop, Grub UEFI and systemd and sd-encrypt
> mkinitcpio hooks.
>
> If this isn't a systemd issue could anyone have a guess as to where the
> issue might lie?
>

I'm not sure how this *could* be a systemd issue. The UEFI menu entries are
managed by your firmware (i.e. by UEFI); the only time systemd tools edit
them is when you run `bootctl install`.

Do the entries get wiped if you power off at any other point? If waiting a
few minutes longer avoids the problem, it could be that your firmware is
trying to "recover from failed boot" this way.

-- 
Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
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