Package: installation-reports Boot method: ISO on USB stick on USB 2.0 port Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2013-03-29
Machine: HP EliteBook 8570p (C6Z56UT) Processor: Intel Core i5-3320M Memory: 4 GiB Partitions: ---------------------------------------- # df -Tl | human rootfs rootfs / udev devtmpfs /dev tmpfs tmpfs /run /dev/mapper/___-root ext4 / <- dm_crypt tmpfs tmpfs /run/lock tmpfs tmpfs /run/shm /dev/sda_ ext4 /boot /dev/sda_ vfat /boot/efi <- ESP ---------------------------------------- Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system: [O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup: [O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader: [E] Overall install: [E] Comments/Problems: Xen currently seems not to function with the 3.2.39 kernel for the dom0 on a UEFI system, so I can't use UEFI. This is an attempt to use a GPT-partitioned disk with BIOS. This assumes a "Boot Mode" of "Legacy". (HP startup screen > Startup Menu > BIOS Setup > System Configuration > Boot Options) Boot to the "Startup Menu", "F9 Boot Device Options", choose "USB Hard Drive 1", "Advanced options", "Expert install". Following the advice of http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata : When there is more than one disk available during installation (for example one hard disk and one USB stick, as it is commonly the case when booting the installer from a USB stick), grub-install may run into problems: it was reported several times, that the GRUB bootloader was installed onto the USB stick instead of the hard disk containing the newly-installed system. To avoid running into this, make sure to answer "No" when the following question is asked during the installation process: "Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record?"; it should be possible to specify the right device at the next step: "Device for boot loader installation". or not, the result is the same: The d-i seems to think that GRUB succeeded in the console: ---------------------------------------- grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported. grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully ---------------------------------------- But rebooting fails to find boot code, gives HP screen: ---------------------------------------- BootDevice Not Found Please install an operating system on your hard disk. [...] ---------------------------------------- Rebooting the USB stick to rescue mode, I umount the /boot and /boot/efi partitions--because mount thinks they're mounted--before I truly mount them. Running "grub-install /dev/sda" appears to succeed, but rebooting yields the same HP screen. >From rescue mode, "aptitude install gdisk" on the target system, to confirm that the biosgrub partition has GUID code 21686148-6449-6e6f-744e-656564454649. So BIOS-GPT GRUB installation doesn't work, and I have no idea how to force it to. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
