-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Abhiram,
> I am trying to install debian 8 on my x60 laptop running libreboot. > For some reason, the boot-loader on the machine is not booting the > debian usb drive. > > To fix this, I tried to manually boot using grub's rescue prompt, > but it just drops me into a busybox shell. > > Here are the steps I followed . > > set root = (usb0,msdos1) linux /live/vmlinuz1 initrd > /live/initrid1.img boot > > I would appreciate it if someone can point me in the right > direction. > > Thanks! > Debian does work, but the installer must be booted manually as per the guide. 32-bit (install): set root='usb0' linux /install.386/vmlinuz quiet initrd /install.386/initrd.gz boot 32-bit (graphical install): set root='usb0' linux /install.386/vmlinuz quiet initrd /install.386/gtk/initrd.gz boot 64-bit (install): set root='usb0' linux /install.amd/vmlinuz quiet initrd /install.amd/initrd.gz boot 64-bit (graphical install): set root='usb0' linux /install.amd/vmlinuz quiet initrd /install.amd/gtk/initrd.gz boot This is according to what I see in gtk.cfg, amdgtk.cfg, txt.cfg and amdtxt.cfg in /isolinux/ for the 32/64 dual ISO linked on debian.org home page. Does this work for you? Regards, Francis Rowe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVT9qvAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UVzsH/2gMAXOLEzhOPMmC5o2GzlCp hS4FB2dpyFgtBS26aC1nybJphqhhhriXQ4pmutPoEhytx9vjQ+rlCFCU2FazCmZl JAukkTnaDPGrkKHaH6ZdZViAa57sz7Lo6DATr6BDYIWiEqTUvpVgJv7Yc5OOcswh mV2NATp46c0ftprR9hRsEL6u8TXaeckbvph4YE4mUtEBcrgIWddvIUL5AQdtZEKy Zjk0d3hOcrd+yTH4wSFpKe5cLpePu2zw5n5c8RARdnpXryLY6BUsD+/mW+GhRCJY eA110LHNzCvv5oC/kpGwjKqcbmlcGBPcuRHmFnh0lE3EmehVdnL9UnSvHMbkwRw= =Jh3/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
