On 15-08-2021 12:05, al3xu5 wrote:
Hi allAbout one or two years ago I had installed Devuan on my brother's laptop. It is a Lenovo B50-10 (model 80QR), with a 64bit Intel N3540 CPU, 4GB DDR1600 RAM and a mechanical 500GB HDD (see: https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/cr/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-b-series-laptops/b50-10/80qr/documentation/doc_userguide) Two weeks ago I tryed some BIOS changes and did an apt-get update/upgrade. Do not remember neither which BIOS changes I tried, nor the order I did changeas and apt-get... This resulted in a unbootable system (a loop, booting and rebootin, without starting the system). Ok... I know I was too hurried and not very careful... I tried to fix the situation using some usb live tools, but without success. Anyway, as the previous installation had not been completely smooth, and the system had been a little messed up by my brother, and I don't want to waste more time trying to fix it, I'm about to reinstall it. Very shortly, the plan is: a) Set the BIOS in UEFI Mode (and not legacy: it seems that Lenovo machines will only have this mode in the future) b) Download and use the most updated Devuan 3.1 netinstall ISO from USB c) Run the installation procedure -- About partitions: I think I will use the partitioning tool (in manual and non-automatic mode) provided by the ISO, possibly maintaining the same scheme of existing partitions Kindly, I therefore ask you observations and advice about this plan. My major doubts are about the HDD partitions (which is a 500GB *mechanical* HDD), and how to be sure I will have a stable and clean boot process. Many thanks in advance al3xu5 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
I wonder if you have been bitten by "grub-efi-amd64-signed bug: hardcoded link -> unbootable system" earlier on this mailinglist.
When you have a separate /home partition I would go for the manual partition route and leave this partition alone. After installing and stable boot you can add the home partition manually in /etc/fstab and have all your brothers settings back.
Grtz Nick
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