Re: [DNG] Chimaera on Dell Wyse 3040 installs but won't boot
The Dell Wyse 3040 has a broken EFI implementation which requires to install GRUB into the removable media path aka "fallback device location". This option is available in the "expert install" mode of the Devuan Installer. https://blog.roberthallam.org/2020/05/psa-dell-wyse-3040-uses-fallback-efi-location/ Regards, JP ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Chimaera on Dell Wyse 3040 installs but won't boot
On 27-01-2022 11:06, Mike Tubby wrote: Can anyone provide help with this one? I have a Dell Wyse 3040 tiny PC intended for use a thin client running "ThinOS" (Ubuntu 16.04 and custom desktop/thin client). Others have reported success sunning desktop Linux distros "out of the box": https://roytanck.com/2020/05/13/running-linux-on-a-dell-wyse-3040-thin-client/ but I want to run Devuan 4.0 Server to run DNS and a few other light weight infrastructure things on little box on a home network. The Wyse 3040 is an Intel Atom quad core unit with 2Gb of DDR3, 16Gb of eMMC flash, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 x DisplayPort, 4 x USB and audio. I have set the BIOS back to defaults, booted from the server installation on a USB stick made with Rufus 3.17 and performed the installation, re-partitioned the eMMC flash, installed minimum components and the installation has run to the end successfully and for the "Now time to boot to your new installation". When rebooting the machine it drops to a "No bootable devices" error. Now these systems are EFI based and do not appear to have any legacy drive support in BIOS. I have run the installation a second time and paid more attention, when it installs Grub it doesn't pop a menu asking where I want the boot loader installed (MBR, first partition,) or providing a list of 'drives' or block devices to choose where to put the boot loader - instead something flashes past about grub and EFI and it completes, but after cycling the power the system isn't bootable. Is there something incomplete/configurable/different that has to be done on systems with eMMC/EFI to get them to boot? Mike IIRC there are two common problems. 1) On the EFI partition there is a hard link to Debian directory which should be Devuan or reverse 2) The BIOS is expecting a bootx32.efi whereas only a bootx64.efi has been installed You can check this with the tools from the link to GrubEFIReinstall from Tim Wallace mail. Grtz Nick ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Chimaera on Dell Wyse 3040 installs but won't boot
If you boot from the refind rescue media by following the instructions here: https://wiki.debian.org/GrubEFIReinstall you can probably rescue your system. This has worked for me and others. I don't know why Devuan gets into this state! --Tim On Thursday, January 27, 2022, 05:57:00 AM EST, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: Am 27. Januar 2022 11:06:15 MEZ schrieb Mike Tubby : > I have run the installation a second time and paid more attention, when > it installs Grub it doesn't pop a menu asking where I want the boot > loader installed (MBR, first partition,) or providing a list of 'drives' > or block devices to choose where to put the boot loader - instead > something flashes past about grub and EFI and it completes, but after > cycling the power the system isn't bootable. On tty4 (I think) of the running installer, a detailed log is printed - press [alt]+[f4] to get there. If you can access the filesystem after the installation: The log should be saved under '/var/log/installer/'. -- [message sent otg] ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Chimaera on Dell Wyse 3040 installs but won't boot
Am 27. Januar 2022 11:06:15 MEZ schrieb Mike Tubby : > I have run the installation a second time and paid more attention, when > it installs Grub it doesn't pop a menu asking where I want the boot > loader installed (MBR, first partition,) or providing a list of 'drives' > or block devices to choose where to put the boot loader - instead > something flashes past about grub and EFI and it completes, but after > cycling the power the system isn't bootable. On tty4 (I think) of the running installer, a detailed log is printed - press [alt]+[f4] to get there. If you can access the filesystem after the installation: The log should be saved under '/var/log/installer/'. -- [message sent otg] ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Chimaera on Dell Wyse 3040 installs but won't boot
Can anyone provide help with this one? I have a Dell Wyse 3040 tiny PC intended for use a thin client running "ThinOS" (Ubuntu 16.04 and custom desktop/thin client). Others have reported success sunning desktop Linux distros "out of the box": https://roytanck.com/2020/05/13/running-linux-on-a-dell-wyse-3040-thin-client/ but I want to run Devuan 4.0 Server to run DNS and a few other light weight infrastructure things on little box on a home network. The Wyse 3040 is an Intel Atom quad core unit with 2Gb of DDR3, 16Gb of eMMC flash, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 x DisplayPort, 4 x USB and audio. I have set the BIOS back to defaults, booted from the server installation on a USB stick made with Rufus 3.17 and performed the installation, re-partitioned the eMMC flash, installed minimum components and the installation has run to the end successfully and for the "Now time to boot to your new installation". When rebooting the machine it drops to a "No bootable devices" error. Now these systems are EFI based and do not appear to have any legacy drive support in BIOS. I have run the installation a second time and paid more attention, when it installs Grub it doesn't pop a menu asking where I want the boot loader installed (MBR, first partition,) or providing a list of 'drives' or block devices to choose where to put the boot loader - instead something flashes past about grub and EFI and it completes, but after cycling the power the system isn't bootable. Is there something incomplete/configurable/different that has to be done on systems with eMMC/EFI to get them to boot? Mike ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
