[Bug 1158492] Re: Please backport upstream grub-mknetdir core generation improvements to Precise

[Steve Langasek]

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Precise)
    Milestone: ubuntu-12.04.3 => ubuntu-12.04.4

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Title:
  Please backport upstream grub-mknetdir core generation improvements to
  Precise

Status in The Dell PowerEdge project:
  Confirmed
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub2” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The grub-mknetdir script has undergone some improvements upstream.
  Namely, the grub-mknetdir command in 13.04 does a better job of
  generating the necessary core image and files required for EFI
  netbooting than precise does.

  In 13.04 I can run 'grub-mknetdir' and generate the following:

  /srv/tftp/boot/grub/x86_64-efi/core.efi

  ...and other necessary modules for efi netbooting a machine.

  In 12.04.x, all I am able to generate is the following:

  /srv/tftp/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.0

  ...and, of course, the associated modules.

  So, currently, if I want to perform an EFI netboot installation of a
  server running precise, I need to generate the x86_64-efi/core.efi and
  modules on a 13.04 system and transfer them over to my installation
  server running 12.04 *or* utilize a 13.04 system in my netboot
  environment to serve out the files.

  It'd be great if we could get this functionality ported to 12.04.

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