Hi,
about two hours ago i sent an answer to
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 22:56:26 +0100
From: Michel Bouissou <mic...@bouissou.net>
Subject: Re: A thread on grub-bug could need attention
with own
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:15:42 +0100
Message-Id: <28716785462546254...@scdbackup.web
Hi,
i wrote:
> > zeroize 512-byte block 1 of the
> > Debian Live ISO and then try to boot it from USB stick
Michel Bouissou wrote:
> I made it (with latest debian-gnome 9.3 live),i
Now we have no surplus GPT any more. The EFI system partition is only
marked by the MBR partition 2 (and by the El
Hi,
Michel Bouissou wrote:
> So I'm afraid we'll have to wait for season 2 by early march to see the
> continuation of the story ;-)
A classical cliff hanger. :))
> Kind regards and thanks again for all your help and suggestions.
Thanks to you for being a very endurant bug reporter.
And
Hi Thomas,
Le 02/02/2018 à 09:15, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
> So the next experiment would be to remove it, i.e. zeroize its slot in
> the MBR.
Well, my son left this morning for the week-end with the machine, and I
will fly to India myself before I get a chance to do any further testing.
So I'm
Hi,
Le 01/02/2018 à 01:02, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
> Michel - on his way to India - could zeroize 512-byte block 1 of the
> Debian Live ISO and then try to boot it from USB stick
>
> dd if=/dev/zero conv=notrunc bs=512 seek=1 count=1 of=...image.or.stick...
>
> where "...image.or.stick..."
Hi,
Michel Bouissou wrote:
> I'm happy to report that the USB stick I made today with
> grub-mkrescue-sed.sh does boot alright on tested machines.
So GRUB itself is ok with the machine. GPT and MBR partitions alike.
> The HP tested machine has, AFAIK, no CSM "legacy" boot mode at all and I
>
Hi,
Le 31/01/2018 à 22:37, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
>
> In this case a run with grub-mkrescue-sed.sh will not make much sense.
> First one will have to configure GRUB to enable at least one of the EFI
> variants. I dimly remember that the machine was 64 bit, i.e. should run
> bootx64.efi.
I'm
Hi,
it comes to me that possibly Michel's grub-mkrescue run was BIOS-only.
So Michel, take much care to come back in good shape. We have experiments
to do. :))
---
At least on Debian the boot equipment prepared by grub-mkrescue
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:38:03AM +0100, Michel Bouissou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Le 30/01/2018 ?? 20:15, Thomas Schmitt a ??crit??:
> > It also does not work when booting the ISO images which shall install
> > the systems.
> > E.g. debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso :
> Yes. AFAIR I had tested all the
Hi,
Michel Bouissou wrote:
> I would assume that I need to create a "minimal" directory with a
> "dummy" file inside like previously ?
Yes.
The experiment can well wait until you are back from travel.
> However, I don't have any "grub-mkrescue-sed.sh" file
Get it from
Hi,
Le 31/01/2018 à 13:20, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
> This run too ?
>
> grub-mkrescue -o output.iso minimal \
> --xorriso=...path.../grub-mkrescue-sed.sh \
> -partition_offset 16
>
I would assume that I need to create a "minimal" directory with a
"dummy" file
Hi,
i wrote:
> > It also does not work when booting the ISO images which shall install
> > the systems.
Michel Bouissou wrote:
> Yes. AFAIR I had tested all the latest (in december) standard
> installation media for at least :
> [...]
> - Debian live
debian-live-9.3.0-amd64-xfce.iso looks much
Hello,
Le 30/01/2018 à 20:15, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
> It also does not work when booting the ISO images which shall install
> the systems.
> E.g. debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso :
Yes. AFAIR I had tested all the latest (in december) standard
installation media for at least :
- Manjaro Cinnamon
Hi,
Daniel Kiper wrote:
> IIRC you see blank screen after installing some distros. Right?
It also does not work when booting the ISO images which shall install
the systems.
E.g. debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso :
mount debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso /mnt/iso
mount /mnt/iso/boot/grub/efi.img
On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 07:20:25PM +0100, Michel Bouissou wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Le 29/01/2018 ?? 16:29, Michel Bouissou a ??crit??:
> > I created the USB stick per your instructions. I will try to give it a
> > shot tonight on my son's machine.
>
> I tested the USB stick on my son's machine, and
Hi,
I wrote:
> > Does this mean that the decisive trick is to use GPT with EFI partition
> > instead of a MBR partition of type 0xEF ?
Michel Bouissou wrote:
> So might this machine boot only from GPT disks ? Well, then it would'tn
> boot a Knoppix ISO image stick. But it does...
Yes, i
Hi there,
Le 29/01/2018 à 19:53, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
>
> Does this mean that the decisive trick is to use GPT with EFI partition
> instead of a MBR partition of type 0xEF ?
>
> Or is there something missing in the FAT filesystem images of e.g.
> Debian installation ISOs like
>
>
Hi,
Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > 2) Create EFI System Partition (code EF00) using gdisk. 256.0 MiB will
> > suffice.
> > 3) Format EFI System Partition
> > # mkdosfs /dev/sdb1
> >
> >4) Create GRUB2 EFI bootable image
> > # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> > # mkdir /mnt/efi/boot
> > # grub-mkstandalone
Hi again,
Le 29/01/2018 à 16:29, Michel Bouissou a écrit :
> I created the USB stick per your instructions. I will try to give it a
> shot tonight on my son's machine.
I tested the USB stick on my son's machine, and I do get a grub prompt.
From there, if I type "help", I get a list of grub
Hello,
Le 29/01/2018 à 13:49, Daniel Kiper a écrit :
> OK, I have looked through the email exchange. I have not seen any info
> about the UEFI/firmware update. Have you done that? If you have not
> please do.
I have installed the latest HP UEFI/firmware from HP on this machine the
day I got it
On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 01:48:42PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:35:20PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i am unhappy about the state of the thread
> >
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2017-12/msg00010.html
> > "HP ProBook x360 11 G1 EE
Hello,
Le 08/01/2018 à 13:48, Daniel Kiper a écrit :
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:35:20PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i am unhappy about the state of the thread
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2017-12/msg00010.html
>> "HP ProBook x360 11 G1 EE incompatible with
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:35:20PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i am unhappy about the state of the thread
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2017-12/msg00010.html
> "HP ProBook x360 11 G1 EE incompatible with grub"
>
> which is about an EFI implementation which SYSLINUX
Hi,
i am unhappy about the state of the thread
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2017-12/msg00010.html
"HP ProBook x360 11 G1 EE incompatible with grub"
which is about an EFI implementation which SYSLINUX for EFI can operate
from USB stick whereas GRUB from USB stick ends up with
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