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Re: Unable to boot Debian 11/10 live USB stick on UEFI-only laptop



Thank you! I was using the 32-bit image! Duh!!!  I retried with the 64-bit image and it is all good!

- Jorge

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022, 1:04 AM Narcis Garcia <debianlists@actiu.net> wrote:
Please, copy here the complete name of ISO image file you flashed to USB
stick.


Narcis Garcia

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El 11/2/22 a les 2:54, Flacusbigotis ha escrit:
> I have followed Debian's instructions
> (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall#Creating_a_Bootable_Debian_USB_Flashdrive
> <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall#Creating_a_Bootable_Debian_USB_Flashdrive>)
> for creating a bootable USB stick but it fails to boot on my UEFI-only
> laptop, that is the USB stick is not recognized at all.  In contrast, I
> am able to create the same for Knoppix 9.1 following their instructions
> (ie. using flash-knoppix) and it boots just fine.
>
> Some folks on the debian-user mailing list helped a bit with some ideas
> and think that the issue *could* be due to the architecture of the EFI
> program that is (or is not) included in the EFI boot folder of the
> resulting USB stick.
>
> Checking on that idea, I see that the resulting Debian USB stick I have
> only has a 32-bit EFI program in its boot folder.  Should there also be
> a 64-bit version there?  FYI, in contrast, the knoppix USB stick has
> both 32-bit and 64-bit programs.
>
>


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