Anno domini 2021 Sun, 22 Aug 09:21:33 +0200 al3xu5 scripsit: > Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:05:19 +0200 - al3xu5 <dotcom...@autistici.org>: > > > 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