Hi folks,
at weekend I tried hard, but I still got not much progress. The most sucess I
got with "multiboot". Here I managed to get it booting from an usb-stick
(I had to set a timeout withi grub.cfg like "set timeout=10").The problem is,
that when grub is starting the keyboard is not usable. Even the "enter"-key is
not working.
Exactly to say it does the following:
1. Booting fom usb-stick = working
2. Grub is loading = working (after 10 seconds)
3. The grub menu with choices (Install, Advanced,.... etc.) = working (after 10
seconds)
4. Screen going dark, then after some seconds I get an erro message
"devices not known" or sinilar
Here I am stuck.
I can not use "dd" for the usb-stcick, as the grub-version on the usb-stick is
a special version for the Surface RT, which is not using scripts, only the
grub.cfg is used.
Although I searched the web, I could not find any solution without using
loopback and a grub.cfg, which is able to start an ISO-image. But grub2 shall
be able, to boot iso-images.
Still trying hard, so any help is preciated.
Best regards
Hans
Am Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:04:36 +0000, hans.ullr...@loop.de schrieb:
Hi folks,
I am trying to install debian on a Surface RT.
Being on 2/3rd on the way, I am now stuck, but an easy problem.
At the momant, I am t the ponit, that I can boot from an USB-stick. The
USB-stick is loaded with grub (a special version for the Surface RT).
On the stick I put the installation iso-file. I want to use an ISO, because
when thuis is working, other live-images (like kali-linux) can be installed,
too.
Booting is starting, grub is starting, after 10 seconds it shall boot the iso.
But at this point I am stuck.
As there is only a grub.cfg, I think there is an entry missing. When grub is
wanting to boot, I get an error, pointing to "loopback"
What is wrong? This is the entry in grub:
----snip ---
set timeout=10
set root='hd1,msdos2'
set isofile="/debian-10.0.0-armhf-xfce-CD-1.iso"
menuentry "Install OS" {
loopback debian $isofile
}
insmod font
if loadfont ${prefix}/unicode.pf2
then
insmod gfxterm
set gfxmode=auto
set gfxpayload=keep
terminal_output gfxterm
else
reboot
fi
---- snap --------
I am not sure, if "hd1,msdos2" is correct, windows is showing it as drive D:\,
what let me think, hd0 is the harddrive, hd1 is the usb-stick.
If I get the iso running, I will tell about my progress.
Thanks for any help and hints.
Best regards
Hans
