On 12/16/24 00:45, Roger Price wrote:
I have a Dell T5820 workstation. I had already installed Debian 12 in a
spare partition on a Transcend SSD dating from 2017 using a USB memory
stick. I left in place the existing Windows SSD that came with the
workstation. All went well - a very smooth install. A few weeks later
the Transcent SSD failed. Kernel panic. So I bought another SSD,
Kingston, and redid the installation from the same USB stick.
I probably made two mistakes. 1) I removed the Windows SSD since I never
use Windows. 2) I specified "Force UEFI = No", the default. But I did
create a small FAT32 partition to be mounted on /boot/efi if one day I
needed it.
I went through the installation process, and at the end, removed the USB
installation stick and rebooted. The T5820 went into a long BIOS test
and then announced: "BIOS 2.38.0 Build 440.16 UEFI ROM no bootable
partition found."
Please use Debian Stable or Debian Old Stable ISO.
Disconnect all drives except the drive onto which you want to install
Debian. Boot into Setup. Reset settings to factory defaults. Save.
Exit. Power down during POST. Insert d-i USB stick. Boot d-i (hot
keys and/or Setup adjustments may be required). Start rescue shell.
Zero or secure erase the SSD. Power down. Boot d-i. Install Debian.
Keep it KISS and OOTB. If d-i asks to put a bootloader onto the SSD,
then provide the necessary information. After install, restart and
power down during POST. Remove USB stick. Boot into Setup. Verify
and/or create boot entry for Debian. Save. Exit. System should boot
Debian. If not, trouble-shoot Setup boot settings.
Document every message and prompt displayed, and every command, choice,
or setting you enter. Use a camera or phone if you do not want to type.
If you get stuck, reply with ISO name and relevant details.
David
