Package: installation-reports Boot method: ISO on USB drive Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2013-03-19
Machine: HP EliteBook 8570p (C6Z56UT) Processor: Intel Core i5-3320M Memory: 4 GiB Partitions: none (erased MBR & GPT) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [E] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [E] Comments/Problems: In order to document this failure mode, I made this installation attempt on a system that I "cleaned" after a successful installation. So it isn't quite the same as a brand-new machine. At the HP startup screen, hit "ESC" for the "Startup Menu", "F10" for "BIOS Setup", in "System Configuration" tab, "Boot Options", change "Boot Mode" from "Legacy" to "UEFI Hybrid (With CSM)". (I made other, irrelevant, settings changes, too.) System now boots automatically from the USB stick. For a second I see the message: ---------------------------------------- Welcome to GRUB! error: "prefix" is not set. ---------------------------------------- in the top left of the screen, then the graphical D-I menu comes up. Choose "Advanced options", "Expert install". At "Detect and mount CD-ROM", get a message that "No common CD-ROM drive was detected.", prompt to "Load CD-ROM drivers from removable media?" Saying "Yes" gets "Cannot read removable media, or no drivers found". Returns to the main menu. Saying "No", gets "No common CD-ROM drive was detected.", prompt to "Manually select a CD-ROM module and device?". Say "No", the step fails; say "Yes" and enter "/dev/sda" (the only present removable device), also fails. Returns to the main menu. In the screen prompting "You may switch to the shell on the second terminal (ALT+F2)", ALT+F2 toggles the appearance of a few raster lines at the top of the screen--mostly black, one part red, two white dots flashing--nothing more. (In "Rescue mode", it gives a proper shell prompt.) I don't see any mention of installing to a UEFI/GPT system under http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/. See bug #703469 for the workaround. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
