On Thursday, December 1, 2022, 10:12:21 PM GMT+1, Andrew M.A. Cater 
<amaca...@einval.com> wrote:





 On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 08:43:29PM +0000, L Dimov wrote:
>    On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 03:28:33 PM EST, Andrew M.A. Cater 
><amaca...@einval.com> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 06:58:11PM +0000, L Dimov wrote:
> > I am trying to run debian stable (11.5) live on a new Dell XPS laptop from 
> > a USB drive. After the Debian logo displays for a bout a minute, I get this 
> > text:
> >
> > DPC: RP PIO log size 0 is invalid
> > thunderbolt 0-0: reading DROM failed
> > BusyBox v1.30.1 (Debian 1:1.30.1-6+b3) built-in shell (ash)
> > Enter 'help' for list of built-in commans.
> > (initramsfs) _
> >
> > I tried it multiple times, including first formatting the USB as a FAT32. 
> > None of that helped.
> >
> > Any help in getting this party started will be greatly appreciated!
> > Thanks!
> > Luben
> >
>
> Exactly how did you copy the image onto the USB stick - what command did
> you use and did you wait until it had copied fully?
>
> Andy Cater
>
> Andy, I did wait till it was done indeed. I copied the image to the USB with:
> dd if=/home/luben/Downloads/debian-live-11.5.0-amd64-gnome.iso of=/dev/sdb 
> bs=8M; sync
> I tried it without the:
>
> bs=8M; sync
> as well.
>

Two things:

I'd suggest that you try using the unofficial .iso that includes the firmware.
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.5.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/
 - and pick your desktop from under there.

Andrew, Thomas, and David:
Thank you for the suggestions.
The suggestions at https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/thunderbolt.html did not 
help, unfortunately.
I also got the same result with live-nonfree. I am however able to get Linux 
Mint to run live (tho I didn't install it because I want Debian), so I think it 
is a Debian issue. I tried Debian testing as well - also a no-go. I also tried 
installing (rather than running live) Debian stable and testing and with and 
without non-free, to no avail: during installation I get these error messages: 

"No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a mismatch between the 
kernel used by this version of the installer and the kernel version available 
in the archive. You should make sure that your installation image is 
up-to-date, or - if that's the case, try a different mirror, preferably 
deb.debian.org"

and later:

"Software RAID not available. The current kernel doesn't seem to support 
software RAID (MD) devices. This should be solved by loading the necessary 
modules"
as well as:
"The current kernel doesn't support the Logical Volume Manager. You may need to 
load the lvm-mod module."

Based on all that, sounds like lack of current hardware support in Debian for 
this machine because it is so new? I have the output of lshw, if that would 
help.
Thanks,
L


I'd also suggest dd if=/home/luben/Downloads/[whatever] of=/dev/sdb bs=4M 
oflag=sync status=progress

The oflag=sync forces the sync but status=progress also gives you a figure for
what's actually being written to the stick.

I try hard not to use the live CD but to use the normal Debian installer
instead.

> Thanks,Luben
>

All best,

Andy Cater

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