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Re: Install ok, boot fail



On Fri 05 Feb 2016 at 15:05:27 +0100, Fabrizio Carrai wrote:

> Hello all,
> I'm using a single board computer where I'm trying to install Debian 8.3.
> 
> The boot from USB was fine, and so the whole installation process. The
> target SATA HD has been partitioned by the installer and nothing was
> remaining of old installation.
> 
> Then, at the boot time, nothing happen. After the BIOS messages the screen
> remain black (no messages at all).
> 
> I temporary move the disk to another computer and then I was able to boot
> the fresh Debian installation (that confirmed that the installation was ok).

The other computer likely has a graphics card which (for whatever reason)
can handle what is given to it.

> Any idea on the problem or how I could investigate on ?

Can you reboot the single board computer with CTRL-ALT-DEL and get back
to the GRUB menu?

At the GRUB menu edit the "linux" line and add "nomodeset" to the end of
it. Boot with F10.


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