[Bug 1796260] Re: UEFI installation alongside BIOS installation: System BootOrder not found

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

and when it doesn't like HD(5,MBR...) entry and has no other entries it
tries to "autogenerate" the entry and injects it into bootorder.... and
then boot loops.... and then the entries pile up

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Title:
  UEFI install onto an MBR disk, with a pre-existing os/partition,
  results in a non-bootable ESP on a logical partition

Status in efibootmgr package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in efivar package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Cosmic Desktop 20181005

  Test Case:
  1. Boot in BIOS mode and install on entire disk
  => Verify that the system boots
  2. Boot in UEFI and perform a new installation alongside previous one
  => Verify that you can boot to the new system

  Actual result
  It fails immediately on boot with a message from the uefi firmware (its very brief because the system reboots immediately in a loop):

  """""
  System BootOrder not found. Initializing defaults.
  Creating boot entry "Boot0011" with label "Ubuntu" for file "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

  Reset System
  """""

  The BIOS installation boots fine if I switch back to BIOS mode.
  An UEFI installation on entire disk boots fine.

  Log files of the UEFI installation attached.

  The EFI partition is created and its content is:
  .
  ./EFI
  ./EFI/ubuntu
  ./EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
  ./EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi
  ./EFI/ubuntu/mmx64.efi
  ./EFI/ubuntu/BOOTX64.CSV
  ./EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg
  ./EFI/BOOT
  ./EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
  ./EFI/BOOT/fbx64.efi

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: ubiquity 18.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-8.9-generic 4.18.7
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.396
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Oct  5 09:40:31 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta amd64 (20181005)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=C.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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