Re: [DNG] Cannot install on W10 laptop (was: Re: Reinstalling unbootable laptop...) [SOLVED]
> > Using beowulf netinstaller (3.1.1), it starts with a blocking error: > > > > ~~~ > > Loading Devuan beowulf installer in standard mode... > > > > error: invalid sector size 0 > > error: you need to load the kernel first. > > ~~~ -- Sun, 22 Aug 2021 10:15:26 +0200 - "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" : [...] > Just a guess: is secureboot enabled? Thanks for your suggestion. Secureboot was/is disabled. -- Sun, 22 Aug 2021 19:19:32 +1000 - Ralph Ronnquist : > That error suggests that the partition holding the installer's kernel > (off the ISO) is on a partition type that the efi boot program (also off > the ISO) can't handle. E.g. extfat. > > Is the install ISO on actual DVD or on USB? If on a USB, how did you > write it? I.e., is that USB a true copy of the ISO? The netinstall iso was on a UBS; I have writed it using dd as suggested in the Devuan documentation. -- Thanks to some investigation and the inspiration of your suggestions, I realized that the problem could be due to some lock on the disk. And then the first hypothesis was that this could be tied to the presence of W10 on the machine. Indeed W10 had a hanging attempt hanging, and this created the lock on the disc. After restarting W10 and made a clean shutdown, I restarted with the Beowulf 3.1.1 netinstall ISO (USB), and the installation went ahead without further problems. During the partitioning phase, I left unaltered the partitions created by the Windows Installer, and I created in the unused space a new root partition, a separate home partition and the swap partition. Finally, the laptop has devuan again and turns off and restarts without problems. Thanks again. Regards al3xu5 -- Say NO to copyright, patents, trademarks and industrial design restrictions! Public GPG/PGP key: 8FC2 3121 2803 86E9 F7D8 B624 DA50 835B 2624 A36B pgprCbuHWhETF.pgp Description: Firma digitale OpenPGP ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Cannot install on W10 laptop (was: Re: Reinstalling unbootable laptop...)
On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 09:21:33 +0200 al3xu5 wrote: > Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:05:19 +0200 - al3xu5 : > ... > So now I'm trying to reinstall it with Devuan, but I can't. > > Using beowulf netinstaller (3.1.1), it starts with a blocking error: > > ~~~ > Loading Devuan beowulf installer in standard mode... > > error: invalid sector size 0 > error: you need to load the kernel first. > ~~~ That error suggests that the partition holding the installer's kernel (off the ISO) is on a partition type that the efi boot program (also off the ISO) can't handle. E.g. extfat. Is the install ISO on actual DVD or on USB? If on a USB, how did you write it? I.e., is that USB a true copy of the ISO? pgpnbrImt2CI2.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Cannot install on W10 laptop (was: Re: Reinstalling unbootable laptop...)
Anno domini 2021 Sun, 22 Aug 09:21:33 +0200 al3xu5 scripsit: > Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:05:19 +0200 - al3xu5 : > > > About 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). > > > > [...] > > > After a long battle, the notebook now starts correctly ... but to > fix the boot issue I had to install W10 (UEFI). > > So now I'm trying to reinstall it with Devuan, but I can't. > > Using beowulf netinstaller (3.1.1), it starts with a blocking error: > > ~~~ > Loading Devuan beowulf installer in standard mode... > > error: invalid sector size 0 > error: you need to load the kernel first. > ~~~ > > Please help! Just a guess: is secureboot enabled? Anyway, you might have more lick using the chimaera iso - Id suggest the netistaller: https://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaera/installer-iso/ Nik > > Regards > al3xu5 > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
