From 24a0bb88b71bdaf0cbeab81cba5fd03d99c95d3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ameer Hamza <ahamza@ixsystems.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:38:49 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] grub: skip loading bli module when booting the ISO installer
 (#875)
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Installing the BLI module in the installer’s minimal EFI environment
deadlocks, leading to an unresponsive black screen. We now only invoke
insmod bli on real installations by detecting ISO boots via
/.disk/info. This prevents the deadlock and blank screen on installer
boots while ensuring BLI still loads correctly on standard boots.
---
 scripts/grub.cfg | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/grub.cfg b/scripts/grub.cfg
index d45588c..5119909 100644
--- a/scripts/grub.cfg
+++ b/scripts/grub.cfg
@@ -80,4 +80,8 @@ menuentry --hotkey=j --id=serial 'Start $vendor Installation (115200 baud)' {
     linux    /vmlinuz gfxpayload=text quiet nomodeset boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs $gfx_console $serial_console
     initrd   /initrd.img
 }
-insmod bli
+
+# Skip loading the bli module when booting from the installer ISO
+if [ ! -f /.disk/info ]; then
+    insmod bli
+fi