Hello Duncan As to the USB, I'd try with another stick. I had a similar situation (GRUB loaded splash screen and menu, but then stalled), and using another USB-stick solved the issue. As to the the "error: ata0,1 not found", I hope you'll get an answer from somebody else. Hope this helps, Marcel
On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 22:23:10 +0100 Duncan Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am unable to boot from a live USB I have prepared with Debian Live on it. > In the default GRUB Config, I select "search ISOLINUX menu (USB)", and > this displays the Debian installer background image behind the text. > However, I am unable to work out what to do next. > Selecting "load operating system (incl. fully encrypted disks)" makes me > input my passphrase for my main disk drive (I have edited grubtest.cfg > accordingly to allow me to do this) and then it gives many errors along > the lines of "error: disk `ata0' not found" > "error: disk `ata0,1' not found" and so on and so forth. > The other options that I can select below this are "Search ISOLINUX menu > (AHCI)" and "Search ISOLINUX menu (CD/DVD)". Naturally these are useless > for my purpose of booting the USB drive. There is the option to load the > grubtest.cfg file (which does this) as well as "search for grub > configuration on external media". This is what I used to boot the USB > (with a small error) on the 20150518 release but it is useless now. > > I found your guide to boot the drive from the command line here: > https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html#parse_isolinux > However, following the example GRUB commands just boots me into a shell > in the initramfs, which is useless. > > How can I amend my grub config file to have an option to boot the USB > drive automatically; or what commands can I use to start Debian Live? > > Thanks for everything, > D >
