[19:58] <realtime-neil> How to I get an ubuntu installation to appear as anything but "ubuntu" in the efibootmgr?
[20:02] <CarlFK> realtime-neil: there is a cli util that can rename it.. would that work for you?
[20:03] <realtime-neil> I think so; is it efibootmgr? :D
[20:03] <CarlFK> efibootmgr - manipulate the EFI Boot Manager
[20:03] <CarlFK> yep
[20:03] <realtime-neil> Why that's _exactly_ the tool my firmware vendor is ignoring! :D
[20:04] <CarlFK> reading the man page, it may not rename...
[20:05] <realtime-neil> Well, I'm sure deleting and re-creating would do the trick -- if my firmware wasn't preventing me from doing that, too.
[20:09] <CarlFK> i'm guessing you should grep the installer sources for efibootmgr, and hopefully find        -L | --label LABEL
[20:09] <CarlFK>               Boot manager display label (defaults to "Linux")
[21:36] <realtime-neil> CarlFK: how would one grep just those sources? Is that something I could do at codesearch.debian.net ?
[21:37] <CarlFK> realtime-neil: i would get the sources locally. little surprised you don't have them already.  git clone ... and then "grep -rRecurisve/something ..."  or I now use ack so I don't have to remember the grep flags
[21:38] <CarlFK> "grep the installer sources"   ... aka do a string search over all the files in all the dirs
[21:38] <realtime-neil> CarlFK: to be clear, am I getting the sources for d-i, grub2, or efibootmgr
[22:27] <CarlFK>  d-i
[22:27] <CarlFK> I have https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer
[22:28] <CarlFK> debian-installer$ ack efibootmgr
[22:28] <CarlFK> nothing
[22:28] <CarlFK> boo.
[22:37] <CarlFK> I poked around, I'm sure there is some clue, like something in build/config/x86.cfg  gets passed to grub-install
[22:38] <CarlFK> i give up.
[22:54] <realtime-neil> CarlFK: well, shucks; thanks for trying, at any rate
[23:23] <mwhudson> try grub-installer maybe?