So, after a weekend of playing with this device[1], I conclude:
- Debian 8 multiarch DVD includes everything necessary for a working OS
installation.
- To install a full Desktop environment (i.e. Gnome), an internet connection
is still required.
- Installing a 64bit OS with 32bit Grub is possible,
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56:32PM +0200, Gregor Riepl wrote:
>>> Actually, that was the easy part. Except for a custom built
>>> grub-efi-i386 and some manual fiddling to find the install disc, I
>>> didn't need to do anything.
>>
>> Right, OK. Not exactly a common trail, then. :-)
>
>Well, brand
>> Actually, that was the easy part. Except for a custom built
>> grub-efi-i386 and some manual fiddling to find the install disc, I
>> didn't need to do anything.
>
> Right, OK. Not exactly a common trail, then. :-)
Well, brand new hardware that "just works" is relatively rare.
I just happen to
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 07:27:26PM +0200, Gregor Riepl wrote:
>Hi Steve
>
>>> This is actually the responsibility of the debian-cd package,
>>> reassigning.
>
>I did not know that, thank you.
>reportbug has a "debian-installer" flag, I assumed it was for this purpose.
>
>> I'm the guy who's done th
Hi Steve
>> This is actually the responsibility of the debian-cd package,
>> reassigning.
I did not know that, thank you.
reportbug has a "debian-installer" flag, I assumed it was for this purpose.
> I'm the guy who's done the work for the mixed-EFI case here. How did
> you get the amd64 install
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 05:28:37PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
>Control: reassign -1 debian-cd
>
>This is actually the responsibility of the debian-cd package,
>reassigning.
Agreed!
>On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 15:17 +0200, Gregor Riepl wrote:
>> Package: grub-efi-ia32-bin
>> Version: 2.02~beta2-22
>> S
Control: reassign -1 debian-cd
This is actually the responsibility of the debian-cd package,
reassigning.
On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 15:17 +0200, Gregor Riepl wrote:
> Package: grub-efi-ia32-bin
> Version: 2.02~beta2-22
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> When installing Debia
Package: grub-efi-ia32-bin
Version: 2.02~beta2-22
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
Dear Maintainer,
When installing Debian 8 on a system with a x86_64 CPU, but with a 32bit UEFI,
debian-installer correctly identifies the system as requiring a 32bit EFI Grub,
and thus tries to install grub-efi-ia32-b
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