On Mon, 24 May 2021 20:46:06 -0500 o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 4:51 PM o1bigtenor <o1bigte...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Greetings > > > > Tried a migration from Debian Buster to Beowulf - - - nope. > > Downloaded the DVD and got almost all the way through the install. > > Got stuck when the install demands a place to install grub and this > > is an EFI setup. > > > > Thought I'd check things. > You bet - - - - had it on legacy boot not efi boot. > Changed that and did another install. > At the boot after install - - - oops - - - no joy. > > Complaints of no run init: can't execute /sbin/init: no such file or > directory. > > Now this I have no ideas on how to fix - - - - please advise. > > (This is using the devuan dvd to install from. If this doesn't work > - - - - well - - - I'm now out of my depth!) For my clean install of Beowulf, I had to use Expert Mode to get the EFI boot choice. Having Legacy Mode on or off in BIOS made no difference. You also need a dedicated EFI partition (type ef00, EFI System type) formatted FAT32 mounted on /boot/efi which should show in the installer partitioner tool. You don't need a dedicated /boot partition. The boot folder under / is sufficient. Thoroughly study the install instructions, especially about setting up efi. B _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
