Re: Installing Debian on Chuwi Hi12 Tablet
Hi, > > Now when I boot up the device I get 10 seconds of Android loading > graphics before it kicks into Debian. Android was removed months ago. > Now if you can give me some guidance as to how to remove the annoying > Android graphics .. hmm, not sure about that one (never dealt with android myself), just to make sure, we are not possibly talking about the bios/efi splash screen here, the one which e.g. on my laptop shows a lenovo logo for a few seconds ? Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Is not that the nature of men and women -- that the pleasure is in the learning of each other? -- Natira, the High Priestess of Yonada, "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", stardate 5476.3.
Re: Installing Debian on Chuwi Hi12 Tablet
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:08:05 +0100 Michael Lange wrote : >I don't know if the Debian Live system will handle the 32bit uefi issue > properly when installing, but this can , if necessary be fixed later. > I had the same problem with a similar machine. Of course I could remove > windows completely. > I am not sure if the installer's auto-partitioning works properly, I used > the manual partitioning. You must make sure that you have a small (I > think 100 MB or so is sufficient) FAT partition with the "Boot" flag set, > which will be mounted to /boot/efi . The rest of the disk can be used > as usual for "/" and swap. > If the installer actually fails to install the proper 32bit-efi-grub, that > does not mean that your device is bricked. This can be easyly fixed by > booting a live system again, doing a chroot into the installed system and > install the required grub packages manually (that's what I had to do ;) Michael thanks for your guidance. I eventually got around to installing Debian Buster as I thought it was most likely to have my wifi driver (and it did), so the install was much easier. I guess the installer is continually evolving so things change fairly quickly. The 32 bit uefi question never cropped up so I believe the installer is just set to handle that without raising it. I chose guided partitioning of the whole disk and it gave me 1mb free space + a 500+ mb EPT? partition + the bulk of the electronic drive for / + some swap space 4mb? + another 1 mb of free space. Pressed go and held my breath. It worked. At the point of installing grub there was a slightly scary message to the effect that on some hardware the uefi setups cannot be guaranteed to handle grub properly so recommending installing grub to a separate partition as that was almost certain to work and letting me choose which option. Chose the separate partition and ended up with a successful install. Thanks again for your help. Now when I boot up the device I get 10 seconds of Android loading graphics before it kicks into Debian. Android was removed months ago. Now if you can give me some guidance as to how to remove the annoying Android graphics ..
Re: Installing Debian on Chuwi Hi12 Tablet
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:08:46 -0500 Chris Dunn wrote: > I'm contemplating installing Debian on my beloved Chuwi Hi12 tablet. > The machine is cheap (circa $300) and while there are certain bits of > the hardware that do not (yet) work under Linux there is nothing that > troubles me, and the graphics are superb - 2160x1440 on a 12" screen. > > At present it is dual-booting Xubuntu and Windows (Android was removed). > I installed Xubuntu because I could not at the time successfully burn a > Debian live image to USB, so could not test it out before installing. > > Now I have a new live Debian USB and have tested it on the Chuwi. > Everything works as expected. No wifi (rtl8723bs chip) but that was > expected. Actually there is a driver for that chip in recent kernels that works reasonably well here, unfortunately it is not yet included in distribution kernels, so one has to compile the kernel oneself. > > I'm ready to install debian-live-9.3.0-amd64-xfce from the live USB and > would like to install it to the whole of the Chuwi solid state 64gb > drive, binning Windows and Xubuntu in the process. > > But I'm nervous about the possibility of turning the tablet into a > brick. > > It has a 32 bit UEFI system and while I've tried to research the UEFI > complications find it difficult to grasp the full picture on UEFI > (particularly 32 bit with a 64 bit Debian). > > As best I can make out I should have no problems as the Debian > installer will detect and handle the 32 bit UEFI. However I've been > unable to find full instructions for using the whole of the storage for > Debian, only guides for dual installs alongside Windows. > > Does anyone have any comments or suggestions that might be useful to me > in the installation? In particular do I need to preserve any existing > Windows or EFI partition even though Windows will no longer be on the > machine? I don't know if the Debian Live system will handle the 32bit uefi issue properly when installing, but this can , if necessary be fixed later. I had the same problem with a similar machine. Of course I could remove windows completely. I am not sure if the installer's auto-partitioning works properly, I used the manual partitioning. You must make sure that you have a small (I think 100 MB or so is sufficient) FAT partition with the "Boot" flag set, which will be mounted to /boot/efi . The rest of the disk can be used as usual for "/" and swap. If the installer actually fails to install the proper 32bit-efi-grub, that does not mean that your device is bricked. This can be easyly fixed by booting a live system again, doing a chroot into the installed system and install the required grub packages manually (that's what I had to do ;) Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. There is an order of things in this universe. -- Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?" stardate 3468.1
