Hi,
Thanx for that reply !
No, my laptop doesn't have UEFI (Thanx God ...!!! ;-),
The installer has then been started in "normal" mode, and I hope and I believe that the installed system is configured to start in normal mode too. The question has not been asked by the installer during installation.
But, since there are several text lines appearing during some fractions of second on the screen at boot time, it's not excluded that they contain some comments about the problems encountered during the boot process. But it goes out so fast that I can't see anything.
If useful, I can try to put online a compressed image of the key (1.9 GB) so as to allow some tests.
Thank's for your help !
Michel Lanne
On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 02:44:54PM +0100, Michel Lanne wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Good morning,
>
> I've just made a temptative install of Debian 8.3 using
> debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso on a USB stick.
>
> The install seems to run perfectly. No error msg. But impossible to
> start the machine on the target key after reboot.
>
> I'm used to put an installer .iso on a USB stick with dd. I'm used to
> install various Linux's (Ubuntu, Mint, formerly Debian) on hard disks
> & USB sticks.
>
> The problems appeared in fact in the past with
> debian-8.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso or with debian-8.2.0-i386-netinst.iso.
> I managed to have a successful install with a debian 8.1, but not kept
> track precisely.
>
> Formal bug report :
>
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Boot method:
> - Boot on a 8GB USB stick on which the image
> debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso has been installed with dd
> if=debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb
> - The installer starts and seems to run perfectly
> - Temptative to make the install on another 16 GB USB Stick which
> appears as /dev/sdc under the installer.
> Image version: debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso
> Date: 2016-01-31 20h
>
> Machine: Lenovo ThinkPad T400
[...]
> Comments/Problems:
> At reboot on the target USB stick, this stick is perfectly seen in the
> boot menu, the boot seems to operate normally for 1 or 2 seconds with
> some lines of text rapidly appearing on the screen, then the screen in
> wiped, emptied, and the cursor remains blinking in the top left corner
> in text mode without ending.
Hello,
does that laptop have UEFI? If yes, in which mode (UEFI or
CSM/"BIOS" mode) has the installer been booted and in which mode
is the final installation booted?
I have seen the effect that some UEFI implementations use
different default boot modes for different devices, and booting a
CSM/"BIOS" mode installation in UEFI mode and vice versa fails,
so a boot mode mismatch could be a possible cause for your
problem.
HTH,
Karsten
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