Copy/Paste of my debugging info for Michael as we dug deeper in this Image based with MicroOS 0829 using his 1202438 patched grub2 TPM 2.0 On + Enabled in the BIOS, Dell 5510 (so, default settings). Boot fails, tpm-hello below Hello! TPM 2.0 HashAlgorithmBitmap 0x3 TPMPresentFlag 0x1 NumberOfPcrBanks 0x2 ActivePcrBanks0x3 TPM 2.0 Off in the BIOS, Dell 5510. Boot WORKS! (YAY!), tpm-hello below Hello! No TPM Handle found! TPM 2.0 On but Disabled, Dell 5510, Boot FAILS (meh) tpm-hello below Hello! TPM 2.0 HashAlgorithmBitmap 0x3 TPMPresentFlag 0x1 NumberOfPcrBanks 0x2 ActivePcrBanks 0x3 So, it seems there's no difference between On+Enabled and On+Disabled, but turning the TPM off does work with your patch