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
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