Did a re-install from DVD ISO on key. I first commented all commands to boot Devuan partitions from my Debian fstab. In BIOS I changed disk priority so that the Debian disk would boot.
I booted the Devuan installer and choose expert install. I select all defaults unless otherwise noted. Detect CD drive does see my key with its Jessie 1.0.1 amd64 ISO. I do not choose any installer components. I had assigned the same machine name for both disks, but now change the name for the target disk. In partitioning, I realize that I have a backup USB drive connected, and so disconnect it at this point. Next time I'll remember to have it disconnected, but doubt it makes any difference. The backup disk does not hold a copy of the root partition. I install base system defaults. I configure the package manager. This time I have no problem accessing the DVD ISO for packages. I deselect Desktop Environment for installation. I install GRUB on my target disk. I go to a shell and see that I still don't have a i386-pc directory in /boot/grub, and so naturally when I reboot, the boot fails. I'm about to do another installation, but this time don't do it as expert, but follow all defaults, including auto partitioning and Desktop Environment to see what happens. Haines _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng