Re: Booting Debian on NVMe Dirive with killer E2400 ethernet next to Impossible!!!!
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 07:46:03PM -0700, Humberto Hassey wrote: > Finally got it to work!! here is the procedure, I hope it helps someone > else: > > Step 1 start the installation with the Debian DVD and go through it unitl > it sais Grub failed > > Step 2 in a separate USB memory and with a working debian system do: > > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub-efi-amd64 > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub2-common > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub-efi-amd64-bin > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download efibootmngr > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download libefvar0 > > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download linux-base > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download Initramfs-tools > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download linux-image-4XXX (i dont > remember > just pick your 4.x image) Why did it need an updated linux-image? Was that NVMe related or video related or something else? The only machine I tried NVMe boot on had a new enough CPU that video had problems with 3.16, and of course being I used the testing installer it already had a newer kernel. I could see the grub installer getting new regexes added in jessie. I doubt adding a newer kernel to the installer is considered an option. > Step3 on the system that you are installing go into a terminal > > cd /target > mount --rbind /sys sys/ > mount --rbind /dev dev/ > mount --rbind /run run/ > chroot . /bin/bash > > Step 4 insert your usb and do cd /var/ ls and figure out its name usually > /dev/sdb1 > > Step 5 mount your usb with the packages > mkdir ./cosas > mount /dev/sdb1 ./cosas > cd cosas > > Step 6 start installing the linux kernel packages, then the grub starting > in this order > linux-base > initramfs-tools > linux-imagex > libefvar0 > efibootmngr > grub-efi-amd64-bin > grub2common > grubefi-amd64 > > Step 7 > exit the console by typing exit > > step 8 > finish the installation > > step9 > Reboot > > step 10 Enjoy. I am wondering if going to a shell, editing the grub installer to update the disk names and then continuing (without adding any new packages) would be sufficient. -- Len Sorensen
Re: Booting Debian on NVMe Dirive with killer E2400 ethernet next to Impossible!!!!
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 03:49:45AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > That really ought to be fixed in jessie, if it doesn't require big > changes to grub (and whatever else). I already did a stable update of > initramfs-tools to make it handle nvme devices properly. As far as I understood it, the grub changes are only in the regex's used to match /dev/ names for disks. -- Len Sorensen
Re: Booting Debian on NVMe Dirive with killer E2400 ethernet next to Impossible!!!!
Finally got it to work!! here is the procedure, I hope it helps someone else: Step 1 start the installation with the Debian DVD and go through it unitl it sais Grub failed Step 2 in a separate USB memory and with a working debian system do: sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub-efi-amd64 sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub2-common sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub-efi-amd64-bin sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download efibootmngr sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download libefvar0 sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download linux-base sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download Initramfs-tools sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download linux-image-4XXX (i dont remember just pick your 4.x image) Step3 on the system that you are installing go into a terminal cd /target mount --rbind /sys sys/ mount --rbind /dev dev/ mount --rbind /run run/ chroot . /bin/bash Step 4 insert your usb and do cd /var/ ls and figure out its name usually /dev/sdb1 Step 5 mount your usb with the packages mkdir ./cosas mount /dev/sdb1 ./cosas cd cosas Step 6 start installing the linux kernel packages, then the grub starting in this order linux-base initramfs-tools linux-imagex libefvar0 efibootmngr grub-efi-amd64-bin grub2common grubefi-amd64 Step 7 exit the console by typing exit step 8 finish the installation step9 Reboot step 10 Enjoy. On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Lennart Sorensen < lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 01:43:49PM -0700, Humberto Hassey wrote: > > Hello I am a Debian user and just bought a nice laptop from system 76, I > > wiped ubuntu and proceed to install Debian, well it turns our that Debian > > does not recognize my network card, and the Grub packed on the installer > > does not recognize the NVMe drive correctly, so I can not boot, nor > connect > > to the internet in order to download the grub-efi from backports.. > > > > I tried getting a shell from the install DVD and chrooting into the > > installation to install the previously downloaded grub-efi-amd64 and > > linux-image 4.7xxx from backports, but the installation fails saying > there > > are unmet dependencies... > > On new hardware, you might be better of trying stretch instead, which > is probably only about half a year or so from release anyhow. > > I know NVMe install works, because I tried it, with the testing (stretch) > installer. Jessie does not support it, at least last I checked. > > -- > Len Sorensen >
Re: Booting Debian on NVMe Dirive with killer E2400 ethernet next to Impossible!!!!
On Sun, 2016-10-23 at 22:26 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 01:43:49PM -0700, Humberto Hassey wrote: > > Hello I am a Debian user and just bought a nice laptop from system 76, I > > wiped ubuntu and proceed to install Debian, well it turns our that Debian > > does not recognize my network card, and the Grub packed on the installer > > does not recognize the NVMe drive correctly, so I can not boot, nor connect > > to the internet in order to download the grub-efi from backports.. > > > > I tried getting a shell from the install DVD and chrooting into the > > installation to install the previously downloaded grub-efi-amd64 and > > linux-image 4.7xxx from backports, but the installation fails saying there > > are unmet dependencies... > > > On new hardware, you might be better of trying stretch instead, which > is probably only about half a year or so from release anyhow. > > I know NVMe install works, because I tried it, with the testing (stretch) > installer. Jessie does not support it, at least last I checked. That really ought to be fixed in jessie, if it doesn't require big changes to grub (and whatever else). I already did a stable update of initramfs-tools to make it handle nvme devices properly. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings For every complex problem there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Booting Debian on NVMe Dirive with killer E2400 ethernet next to Impossible!!!!
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 01:43:49PM -0700, Humberto Hassey wrote: > Hello I am a Debian user and just bought a nice laptop from system 76, I > wiped ubuntu and proceed to install Debian, well it turns our that Debian > does not recognize my network card, and the Grub packed on the installer > does not recognize the NVMe drive correctly, so I can not boot, nor connect > to the internet in order to download the grub-efi from backports.. > > I tried getting a shell from the install DVD and chrooting into the > installation to install the previously downloaded grub-efi-amd64 and > linux-image 4.7xxx from backports, but the installation fails saying there > are unmet dependencies... On new hardware, you might be better of trying stretch instead, which is probably only about half a year or so from release anyhow. I know NVMe install works, because I tried it, with the testing (stretch) installer. Jessie does not support it, at least last I checked. -- Len Sorensen
Booting Debian on NVMe Dirive with killer E2400 ethernet next to Impossible!!!!
Hello I am a Debian user and just bought a nice laptop from system 76, I wiped ubuntu and proceed to install Debian, well it turns our that Debian does not recognize my network card, and the Grub packed on the installer does not recognize the NVMe drive correctly, so I can not boot, nor connect to the internet in order to download the grub-efi from backports.. I tried getting a shell from the install DVD and chrooting into the installation to install the previously downloaded grub-efi-amd64 and linux-image 4.7xxx from backports, but the installation fails saying there are unmet dependencies... Thanks for your help.
