Re: "Bug" in Debian Installer?
On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 15:51:46 (-0700), David Christensen wrote:
> On 4/15/23 02:36, Andrew Wood wrote:
> > Ive just used the Debian 11 installer ISO running from a USB stick
> > to do an install (AMD64/UEFI) on another USB stick to use as a
> > 'portable PC'.
> >
> > When it got to the Grub install stage I was expecting it to ask me
> > which disk I wanted Grub installed on as it has in the past but
> > instead it did not.
> >
> > When I came to reboot the PC I found not only had it put Grub on
> > the USB it had also put on the PCs NVMe SSD overwriting the
> > Windows bootloader on there.
> >
> > Surely it should have prompted which disk I wanted it on? I
> > thought it was only Windows that trashed other peoples bootloaders
> > ;)
>
> I recently had a similarly confusing experience with a Dell Precision
> 3630 with an NVMe PCIe SSD, Windows 10 Pro, and BIOS Setup configured
> as follows:
>
> "System Configuration" -> "SATA Operation" -> "AHCI"
>
>
> I installed a 2.5" SATA SSD, inserted a debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst
> CD, booted the CD, and installed Debian:
>
> "Debian GNU/Linux UEFI Installer menu" -> "Install"
> ...
> "Partitioning method" -> "Manual" -> <2.5" SATA SSD>
> ...
What was the partitioning layout you used on this disk at that time?
> In the past, d-i "Install" would prompt me regarding GRUB. This time,
> it did not.
>
>
> When d-i was complete, the computer could boot either Windows or
> Debian, with suitable BIOS Setup
>
> "General" -> "Boot Sequence"
>
>
> When I moved the 2.5" SATA SSD to a homebrew Intel DQ67SW computer and
> configured BIOS Setup:
>
> "Boot" -> "UEFI Boot" -> "Enable"
>
> The SSD would not boot.
>
>
> I zeroed the SSD and installed Debian again. The SSD now works in
> both computers.
>
>
> I later discovered that the first install created a directory and put
> files into the Dell's ESP (!). I did not select this, nor do I desire
> it. This is a defect with d-i:
>
> 2023-04-15 15:10:34 root@taz ~
> # ls -ld /mnt/nvme0n1p1/EFI/debian
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 16 22:19 /mnt/nvme0n1p1/EFI/debian
>
> 2023-04-15 15:10:36 root@taz ~
> # ls -l /mnt/nvme0n1p1/EFI/debian
> total 5892
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 108 Mar 16 22:19 BOOTX64.CSV
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84648 Mar 16 22:19 fbx64.efi
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 121 Mar 16 22:19 grub.cfg
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4150720 Mar 16 22:19 grubx64.efi
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 845480 Mar 16 22:19 mmx64.efi
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 934240 Mar 16 22:19 shimx64.efi
>
>
> So, I agree that d-i "Install" choice has bug(s) when installing
> Debian into a computer with multiple storage devices.
Cheers,
David.
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