I have no /var/log/messages or dmesg | tail because the laptop won't boot
into Debian Buster at all.
I managed to use Debian Xfce 10.2 Live Non-Free Firmwares USB Stick. More
information is given below:
user@debian:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Disk model: INTEL SSDSCKKF25
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: C88E769C-28A4-4F5B-9BF2-C20843BF3120
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 534527 532480 260M EFI System
/dev/sda2 534528 567295 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda3 567296 498069503 497502208 237.2G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4 498069504 500117503 2048000 1000M Windows recovery environment
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204885504 bytes, 1953525167 sectors
Disk model: Expansion
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: F4086DD7-3948-44C9-A568-3983799F9420
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 4095 2048 1M BIOS boot
/dev/sdb2 4096 58597375 58593280 28G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb3 58597376 65458175 6860800 3.3G Linux swap
/dev/sdb4 65458176 1083490303 1018032128 485.4G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb5 1083490304 1953523711 870033408 414.9G Microsoft basic data
Disk /dev/sdc: 28.8 GiB, 30943995904 bytes, 60437492 sectors
Disk model: DataTraveler 3.0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x2bfbca39
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1 * 2048 60437491 60435444 28.8G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/loop0: 2.3 GiB, 2510594048 bytes, 4903504 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
user@debian:~$
cat fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=673a0bbc-3b77-4f7a-bd24-8fbe85112fef / ext4
errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb4 during installation
UUID=fdd6143f-b410-473c-acca-779b7a0783d4 /home ext4 defaults
0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
UUID=0185056f-3fee-4269-b59c-7188410d7133 none swap sw
0 0
Thank you.
Sincerely yours
Adrian D'Costa
On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 6:28 PM Adrian D'Costa <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian 10.2 XFCE DVD with non-free firmware.
>
> It says on the monitor everything has completed successfully. Now remove
> the removable media from which is the USB stick and boot into your new
> system.
>
> But the computer doesn't boot into newly installed Debian Buster.
>
> I have installed Grub in the MBR (Master Boot Record of Seagate's USB
> expansion drive).
>
> The Lenovo laptop is setup with the setup UEFI as UEFI and BIOS both, with
> BIOS first.
>
> Can anybody kindly tell me what I am doing wrong? Can anybody kindly point
> out where am I making the mistake?
>
> Shouldn't the computer load the MBR's Grub as I have pointed the boot
> order (first by pressing continuously F2 and changing Boot Priority and
> then Boot Option by pressing F12) to the Seagate USB expansion drive? Let
> me know if you need any information or setting info about installed Debian
> Buster's configuration.
>
> Thank you.
>
> P.S. For your information I previously installed Debian Squeezy's GRUB on
> to the same Seagate's MBR. But now I deleted all the partitions and used
> the guided automatic partitioning scheme that came with Buster and have a
> fresh install. I have turned off Secure Boot.
>
>
>
