Re: "Bug" in Debian Installer?
d-i makes no distinction between nvme and usb. Maybe another problem is
the chosen installation destination might not be passed to the code that
does the grub install.
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, David Wright wrote:
> 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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