Hi, Why don't you use the OVH installer ?
They have Debian 6, Debian 7 and Debian 8 ready to use installer ? 2015-07-06 15:56 GMT+02:00 Linux4Bene <linux4b...@telenet.be>: > Op Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:50:09 +0100, schreef Darac Marjal: > > Hi Darac, > > > thank you for your response. > > > This sounds like a failure in your boot loader. I notice that you say > > you use debootstrap to install the base system, rather than using the > > installer. > > Indeed. It's a dedicated server from OVH that I don't have physical > access to. I don't have the possibility to use the Debian installer. > It would have made it easier, that's for sure. > > > > Have you remembered to install a boot loader? debootstrap > > normally expects to be installing into a chroot or similar, so won't do > > all the necessary tasks that are needed for a bare-metal install. If > > you've installed grub (I suspect you want grub-efi-amd64, if you're > > using a 64-bit PC), check that the necessary files were loaded into > > /boot/efi (your partition #1 above). You may also get a "Debian" entry > > in your firmware boot selection menu. > > I have installed grub, but not grub-efi-amd64. I use a GPT table (not > MBR), but I don't have an efi parition, only a small EF02 Bios boot > partition as I read you need one for some Grub files when using GPT > layout. I'm not sure this requires me to install the grub-efi-amd64 > version? In my off line test in Virtualbox, I was able to install a 64 > bit Debian Wheezy with the standard grub with the same disk layout and it > booted without problems. > > > If, however, grub IS installed, how far through its boot does it get? Do > > you get a "rescue>" prompt? Do you get the menu up? etc. > > I don't have physical access and I don't have a way to view/watch the > boot process. On one occasion the web interfaces' hardware reboot feature > failed, requiring a technician to reboot the server. > He said he saw a rescue prompt. But that's all the info I have gotten so > far. > > > If you get a "rescue>" prompt, try the following (cadged from the Gentoo > > Wiki): > > insmod gzio insmod part_msdos # Probably don't need > this, actually > > insmod part_gpt insmod diskfilter insmod mdraid1x insmod ext2 set > > root="mduuid/<tab>" > > linux /boot/vmlinuz blahblah inirtd /boot/initramfs blahblah > > > > Tab completion should be available, and SHOULD find the UUID of your > > raid (or produce an error, if not, hopefully) > > If you get as far as the menu, do you get any errors when you try to > > select Debian? > > See above, I can't perform these actions. I asked them if there is such a > console, haven't gotten any answer back. > > > Thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/mne1ea$mfj$3...@ger.gmane.org > >
