On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 02:11:02PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > Upgrades are definitely a lot more trouble now, and yes, I do realise > > that each release is bigger and more complicated than the last. > > > Ditto. I can still remember saying (on Debian-User) that if someone > wanted to destroy an operating system, all they had to do was break > its ability to boot. A few weeks later was the last time I was able to > install a Debian release with GRUB that booted. > > LILO was the only thing that worked for me after that. Something went > wrong with mine a few months ago, and I've ended up in all kinds of > other operating systems' LiveDVDs ever since. >
Cindy, What machine? What versions have you tried? Does the machine need to dual boot anything? > Even LiveDVD didn't work *for me* with Debian. There was some kind of > a showstopping library issue. Was something like libunistring. > Couldn't keep it up and running long enough to attempt a partition > install. Other systems like Mint have somehow broken the EFI/UEFI > roadblock when installed so I was taking a chance that maybe Debian > could do the same thing. > This is another one of those where the list really needs to know *exactly* what you've done so we can help troubleshoot. A machine that doesn't boot Debian stable with GRUB is in a sorry state. > A partition is currently set up with Sid (Trixie?). It broke my heart > when it didn't boot with GRUB, either. I've tried everything I can > with it with the primary assault being to attempt to duplicate all > GRUB packages that Mint uses to boot from a thumb drive. > It's likely that LILO will go with Bookworm - I think it's more or less unmaintained if I recall correctly, so someone needs to help you getting this one to work. Is this your only machine? As ever the Arch Wiki often also has some good tips: maybe we can get some help from the folks who hang out here first. With every good wish, as ever, Andy Cater > > Cindy :) > -- > Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA > * runs with birdseed * >
