http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933#c1 --- Comment #1 from Neil Rickert --- An update on this. It looks as if the problem is with "efibootmgr" rather than with "grub2". There was another grub update on Tumbleweed. So I again attempted to update the installation of grub2-efi for 32-bit efi. This time, I tried to first delete the NVRAM entry. And that gave me: --- # efibootmgr -b 1 -B Could not delete variable: Invalid argument --- So it seems that "efibootmgr" is failing on systems with 32-bit EFI, but it still works on systems with 64-bit EFI. The VM where I am testing this is dual boot (Tumbleweed and Leap 15.2). So I booted Leap 15.2, and was able to delete the NVRAM entry without a problem there. So something has recently changed on Tumbleweed, that breaks "efibootmgr" for 32-bit EFI systems (64-bit Tumbleweed, but with 32-bit UEFI firmware). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933#c3 Neil Rickert changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Bootloader |Kernel Assignee|mchang@suse.com |kernel-maintainers@forge.pr | |ovo.novell.com QA Contact|jsrain@suse.com |qa-bugs@suse.de --- Comment #3 from Neil Rickert --- Changed component from "bootloader" to "kernel". -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933#c7 --- Comment #7 from Neil Rickert --- Thanks for checking those kernels. I am unable to test the 5.6.0 kernel with Tumbleweed (see bug 1168645 ). However, Fedora 32-beta does boot in ia32. And it also has the problem. So this may be an upstream kernel issue. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933#c15 --- Comment #15 from Neil Rickert --- Replying to Joey Lee:

We do not support mixed mode ( 32-bit EFI firmware + 64-bit openSUSE )

Yes, I am aware of that. However, it seems to me that you also do not support pure 32-bit mode with EFI. The Tumbleweed 32-bit installer has no provision for EFI booting. However, hardware exists with 32-bit EFI booting and the Intel Atom processor. And there have been people asking how to set that up in openSUSE forum posts. So I thought it was worth experimenting. I did have to improvise in order to install. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167933 Fritz Hudnut changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |non.space.1@gmail.com -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.