Re: finished installing 10.3 to USB; will boot once when installer triggers restart; will not boot if computer is cold booted

a reminder. Alan On 3/14/20, Alan Tu <8li...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I have diagnosed the problem, but I don't know how to fix it yet. > > The configuration files under /boot/grub show that root is found as > hd3,gpt2. I read Grub hd numbers start at 0, so hd3 would be the &

Re: finished installing 10.3 to USB; will boot once when installer triggers restart; will not boot if computer is cold booted

is at /dev/sdc, the third hard drive. I could edit the files in /boot, but the comments say don't do that. And I haven't found a reference to hd3 in the files under /etc. Alan On 3/14/20, Alan Tu <8li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I don't know how to fix this. I used an ISO image burned to

finished installing 10.3 to USB; will boot once when installer triggers restart; will not boot if computer is cold booted

Hi, I don't know how to fix this. I used an ISO image burned to one USB to install Debian to a second USB. I did this twice, with just one difference: 1) At the end of the install, both USB are connected to the computer. When the text installer prompts me, I remove the installation USB, then

Debian 10.3 text installer; guided partitioning does not work; manual partitioning doesn't make USB bootable

Hi, Sorry for the cross-post, following a suggestion. I need some ideas for getting Debian 10.3 to install and boot. I think I'm very close, just missing something. I'm on an x64 system. What I need to do is to use one live USB to install to a blank USB, and then have the second USB boot into