On Sun 27 May 2018 at 03:34:40 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On May 27, 2018, at 3:12 AM, Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote: > > > Le 27/05/2018 à 00:19, Rick Thomas a écrit : > >> Does anyone have experience installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot? > > > > Not me. > > > >> I have a dual-core, single ethernet, Turbot. I’m able to install Debian > >> (Buster) from a physical DVD, but when I dd the installer .iso to a USB > >> stick, and try to install from the stick, the Turbot’s firmware doesn’t > >> see the stick as a bootable medium. > >> If I install (using the physical DVD in a USB connected DVD drive) to a > >> USB stick, that USB stick (the one I installed to) will boot fine. So > >> it’s not that it just can’t boot from a USB stick. > >> The documentation isn’t entirely clear, but I *think* the Turbot’s boot > >> firmware is UEFI-only. Would that make a difference? > > > > Probably not, if the same image boots from a DVD. > > > >> It seems odd that the exact same bits should be seen as bootable when > >> presented on a DVD, but not when presented on a USB stick… > > > > No, it is perfectly normal. The expected boot structures on a DVD and a USB > > stick (or floppy, hard disk...) are completely different. > > The Debian installer ISO images are called "hybrid" because they combine a > > DVD layout and a regular hard disk (or USB stick). But this comes at a > > price : the partition table layout could be considered invalid on a strict > > point of view. > > Thanks, Pascal! > > So the UEFI firmware is more forgiving of a partition table that is “invalid > from a strict point of view” when it’s coming from a physical DVD, than it is > when it’s coming from a USB stick? > > That would explain what I’m seeing. Can you suggest any way to get around > the problem?
Successful booting from a USB drive: https://01.org/developerjourney/installing-ubuntu-minnowboard-max Successful booting from a SD card: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=856178 -- Brian.
