[Bug 1918265] [NEW] Random boot failure with Ubuntu 20.04 / grub 2.04 and Hyper-V 2012r2

[ben]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

We are experiencing some weird boot issues with Ubuntu 20.04 and Hyper-V
2012r2.

In two cases the installation started successfully, as did the VM
initial boot and then issues started to arise, where the boot process
started to fail.

grub start, the menu pop-up and then just after loading kernel and
initrd (tried to put some echo(es) in the config the VM somehow reset
and the menu pop-up back again.

After a few of thoses either the VM shut-down or the boot is
successfull, It seems completly random..

Here it is captured on video:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bk3S-YGDZk

If i setup a direct EFI-STUB boot of the kernel+initrd the boot process
works every times.

I suspected the "save_env/load_env" for a while but a stripped down
grub.cfg give the same result..

> insmod gzio
> insmod part_gpt
> insmod ext2
> set root='hd0,gpt2'
> if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
>  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  94ebc17e-6aca-4e42-b489-b3eaa8a32d90
> else
>  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 94ebc17e-6aca-4e42-b489-b3eaa8a32d90
> fi
> linux	/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv ro nosplash elevator=noop 
> initrd	/initrd.img-5.8.0-44-generic
> boot

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Random boot failure with Ubuntu 20.04 / grub 2.04 and Hyper-V 2012r2

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  We are experiencing some weird boot issues with Ubuntu 20.04 and
  Hyper-V 2012r2.

  In two cases the installation started successfully, as did the VM
  initial boot and then issues started to arise, where the boot process
  started to fail.

  grub start, the menu pop-up and then just after loading kernel and
  initrd (tried to put some echo(es) in the config the VM somehow reset
  and the menu pop-up back again.

  After a few of thoses either the VM shut-down or the boot is
  successfull, It seems completly random..

  Here it is captured on video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bk3S-YGDZk

  If i setup a direct EFI-STUB boot of the kernel+initrd the boot
  process works every times.

  I suspected the "save_env/load_env" for a while but a stripped down
  grub.cfg give the same result..

  > insmod gzio
  > insmod part_gpt
  > insmod ext2
  > set root='hd0,gpt2'
  > if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  >  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  94ebc17e-6aca-4e42-b489-b3eaa8a32d90
  > else
  >  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 94ebc17e-6aca-4e42-b489-b3eaa8a32d90
  > fi
  > linux	/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv ro nosplash elevator=noop 
  > initrd	/initrd.img-5.8.0-44-generic
  > boot

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