Steve, Thanks for following up so quickly! Yes, the installer said UEFI on the splash screen, and the /sys/firmware/efi directory existed. I was most successful booting from a USB CD drive, which I selected from the EFI bios to start the boot. Thanks! -Carl On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 01:55:37PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Return-Path: <steve@einval.com> > X-Original-To: cmyers@cmyers.org > Delivered-To: cmyers@cmyers.org > Received: by mail.cmyers.org (Postfix, from userid 114) id 708AF22D13; Wed, > 2 Dec 2015 06:25:24 -0800 (PST) > X-Greylist: delayed 1743 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at debian; Wed, 02 Dec > 2015 06:25:22 PST > Received: from cheddar.halon.org.uk (cheddar.halon.org.uk [93.93.131.118]) > by mail.cmyers.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A46122D0C for > <cmyers@cmyers.org>; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 06:25:22 -0800 (PST) > Received: from bsmtp by cheddar.halon.org.uk with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.80) > (envelope-from <steve@einval.com>) id 1a47tI-00069N-IO; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 > 13:56:16 +0000 > Received: from steve by tack.local with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from > <steve@einval.com>) id 1a47sf-0005Dh-Sy; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:55:37 +0000 > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 13:55:37 +0000 > From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> > To: Carl Myers <cmyers@cmyers.org>, 806849@bugs.debian.org > Subject: Re: Bug#806849: debian-installer: d-i fails to install grub2 > correctly for efi system using encrypted LVM > Message-ID: <[🔎] 20151202135537.GB28784@einval.com> > References: <[🔎] 20151202065120.19939.685.reportbug@debian> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > In-Reply-To: <[🔎] 20151202065120.19939.685.reportbug@debian> > X-attached: unknown > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) > > On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 10:51:20PM -0800, Carl Myers wrote: > >Package: debian-installer > >Version: stretch alpha 4 > >Severity: important > >Tags: d-i > > > >Dear Maintainer, > > Hi Carl, > > >I have a new System76 Oryx Pro laptop using efi boot. Ubuntu installs > >successfully but I can't get debian to install using encrypted LVM. > > > >The laptop has an nvme device which requires efi boot so I can't just disable > >it. Here are my repro steps: > > > >1. Boot using netinst (tried both stable and testing, stable doesn't work at all I think due to efi?) > >2. Performed normal install (tried both text and gui) > >3. Included proprietary firmware for wifi from usb key when prompted > >4. selected encrypted LVM with separate home partition, changed root partition > >to 20GB and made some other lvm adjustments > >5. proceeded to install base system successfully > >6. when it comes time to install grub, it fails. no better error message > >provided, nothing in /var/logs either > > Silly question: are you sure that the installer booted in UEFI mode? > What you're describing sounds like it could be a BIOS-mode > installation instead. Did the installer splash screen mention UEFI? > > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com > "You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane > -- Carl Myers PGP Key ID 3537595B PGP Key fingerprint 9365 0FAF 721B 992A 0A20 1E0D C795 2955 3537 595B
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