On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 (-0800), Dan Hitt wrote:
> […]
> The second question is whether there's a way, from grub (grub2, actually),
> of dropping down to the bios. I imagine this is quite impossible, but if
> i'm wrong, please let me know. The reason i would like to do this is that
> it is
On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 11:08:56 (-0800), Dan Hitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:02 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> > Dan Hitt wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote:
> > > >
> > > >menuentry 'Debian 10' {
> > > >linux /boot/vmlinuz
> > > >initrd /boot/initrd.gz
> > > >
On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 23:22:32 +, Brian wrote:
> menuentry 'Debian 10' {
> linux (hdX,msdosY)/boot/vmlinuz
> initrd (hdX,msdosY)/boot/initrd.gz
> }
>
> or use a "search" line.
The latter might br easiest for you.
Put linux, initrd.gz and the ISO file in /boot on the Linux Min
On 2021-01-20 20:31, Dan Hitt wrote:
I have a machine that currently has linux mint 16.04 on it.
I would like to install debian 10 on it, but the installer really
wants access to a cd drive, and one just isn't available.
However, the linux mint 16.04 system does have grub2 on it.
So it is po
On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 13:06:25 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:29 PM Brian wrote:
>
> > On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 09:34:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> > > >
> >
On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 16:20:10 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> Brian composed on 2021-01-21 11:33 (UTC):
>
> > David Wright's advice to use the hd-media kernel and initrd is your way
> > forward. The simplest GRUB stanza possible is
>
> >menuentry 'Debian 10' {
> >linux /boot/vmlinuz
> >
Dan Hitt composed on 2021-01-21 13:06 (UTC-0800):
> ...i only have access to
> the bios with great difficulty. If i could get into the bios, i could
> change the boot order, and possibly boot from usb. However, it is very
> difficult to interrupt the boot process successfully (by pressing F2),
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:58 PM Erwan David wrote:
> Le 21/01/2021 à 21:52, Erwan David a écrit :
> > Le 21/01/2021 à 21:46, Brian a écrit :
> >> On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 11:08:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>> Now, Brian said that "the installer's initrd does not contain a loop
Brian composed on 2021-01-21 11:33 (UTC):
> David Wright's advice to use the hd-media kernel and initrd is your way
> forward. The simplest GRUB stanza possible is
>menuentry 'Debian 10' {
>linux /boot/vmlinuz
>initrd /boot/initrd.gz
>}
I'm having trouble thinking of how this cou
Dan Hitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:29 PM Brian wrote:
> > > I have a machine that currently has linux mint 16.04 on it
> >
> > I assummed that that this was the only partition and that vmlinuz and
> > initrd.gz would go in /boot. How many partitions do you have?
> >
>
> Thanks Brian
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:29 PM Brian wrote:
> On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 09:34:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > menuentry "debian-10-iso" {
> > > >
Le 21/01/2021 à 21:52, Erwan David a écrit :
> Le 21/01/2021 à 21:46, Brian a écrit :
>> On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 11:08:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> Now, Brian said that "the installer's initrd does not contain a loop
>>> module", so that would indicate that if i want to use
>>> debian
Le 21/01/2021 à 21:46, Brian a écrit :
> On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 11:08:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Now, Brian said that "the installer's initrd does not contain a loop
>> module", so that would indicate that if i want to use
>> debian-10.7.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso, i'll need to get it on th
On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 11:08:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
[...]
> Now, Brian said that "the installer's initrd does not contain a loop
> module", so that would indicate that if i want to use
> debian-10.7.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso, i'll need to get it on the disk
> (presumably by just unpacking it somewh
On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 09:34:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote:
>
> > On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > menuentry "debian-10-iso" {
> > > set isofile="/USER/iso/debian-10.7.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso"
> > >
On Mi, 20 ian 21, 20:31:53, Dan Hitt wrote:
> I have a machine that currently has linux mint 16.04 on it.
>
> I would like to install debian 10 on it, but the installer really wants
> access to a cd drive, and one just isn't available.
Any kind of medium that can be used by your motherboard to bo
Dan Hitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:02 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > also have to be a search line like David has (search --no-floppy ..)
> > to
> > > identify just where '/boot' is (???).
> >
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB#Startup_on_systems_using_BIOS_firmware
> >
> >
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:02 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> Dan Hitt wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >menuentry 'Debian 10' {
> > >linux /boot/vmlinuz
> > >initrd /boot/initrd.gz
> > >}
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brian.
> > >
> > >
> > Brian, thanks so mu
On Mi, 20 ian 21, 20:31:53, Dan Hitt wrote:
>
> Or perhaps there's some other way to approach the problem? For example,
> i've already created a partition to hold the debian system i want to put on
> the machine. Is there some way of hand-populating it?
Yes, either debootstrap (used also by the
Dan Hitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote:
>
> >
> >menuentry 'Debian 10' {
> >linux /boot/vmlinuz
> >initrd /boot/initrd.gz
> >}
> >
> > --
> > Brian.
> >
> >
> Brian, thanks so much for your advice. Thank you also Felix, David, and
> Bastien --- i need to s
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote:
> On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > menuentry "debian-10-iso" {
> > set isofile="/USER/iso/debian-10.7.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso"
> > loopback loop (hd0,gptNN)$isofile
> > linux (loop)/install
On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote:
[...]
> menuentry "debian-10-iso" {
> set isofile="/USER/iso/debian-10.7.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso"
> loopback loop (hd0,gptNN)$isofile
> linux (loop)/install.amd/vmlinuz boot=install.amd
> iso-scan/filename=$isofile no
On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 (-0800), Dan Hitt wrote:
> I have a machine that currently has linux mint 16.04 on it.
>
> I would like to install debian 10 on it, but the installer really wants
> access to a cd drive, and one just isn't available.
>
> However, the linux mint 16.04 system does hav
Dan Hitt composed on 2021-01-20 20:31 (UTC-0800):
> Or perhaps there's some other way to approach the problem?
I can't recall ever installation of any Debian except by the NET method. The
only
things I download prior to beginning installation on a system with a working
Grub
is the NET installa
I have a machine that currently has linux mint 16.04 on it.
I would like to install debian 10 on it, but the installer really wants
access to a cd drive, and one just isn't available.
However, the linux mint 16.04 system does have grub2 on it.
So it is possible for me to boot from an iso image s
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