#1 2016-02-18 22:43:47

vpincini

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Unable to boot on a Libreboot laptop

Hi

I failed to boot RC2 iso (64 bit version) on a Thinkpad X200 with Libreboot.

I normally can boot regular Debian isos so I have checked out the differences between isos using IsoMaster.

For what I saw it seems that RC2 has no UEFI at all while Debian's has.

Is there any chance that stable release will have such feature?

Tnx in advance

Horizon_Brave

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Re: Unable to boot on a Libreboot laptop

Well I was under the impression that Debian Stable doesn't yet support a UEFI boot. Hence, BL RC2 doesn't. It is something that can be finagled, one of the users here HeadOnAStick, has a workaround that allows you to do so, as seen here:
Convert to UEFI

The process involves creating an ESP partition for your mobo's uefi to see the esp as well as installing a special grub-efi bootloader. Are you dual booting by any chance?

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Gaucho

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Registered: 2015-09-17

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Re: Unable to boot on a Libreboot laptop

Debian jessie net-install ISOs (netinst.iso) and other standard images support UEFI booting...
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unoff … e/current/

Debian jessie Live ISOs (created with live-build, this includes BunsenLabs) do not yet support it...
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unoff … rent-live/

We hope to fully support UEFI in the future, but do not at the present time.

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Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Unable to boot on a Libreboot laptop

I normally can boot regular Debian isos

You could use a Debian netinstall and run johnraff's installation script from that.

See https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 339#p18339

Does your firmware ("BIOS") have an option for "CSM" or "Legacy" mode?

This should allow the BunsenLabs ISO image to boot but it will only install a non-UEFI system.

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vpincini

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Registered: 2016-02-15

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Re: Unable to boot on a Libreboot laptop

I am not dual booting

Well I was under the impression that Debian Stable doesn't yet support a UEFI boot. Hence, BL RC2 doesn't. It is something that can be finagled, one of the users here HeadOnAStick, has a workaround that allows you to do so, as seen here:
Convert to UEFI

The process involves creating an ESP partition for your mobo's uefi to see the esp as well as installing a special grub-efi bootloader. Are you dual booting by any chance?

vpincini

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Registered: 2016-02-15

Posts: 10

Re: Unable to boot on a Libreboot laptop

Libreboot has no "Legacy Mode" I am aware of..

I am aware of the Netinstall Script (tnx johnraff) but my intention was to help out testing the iso

Tnx for the suggestion anyway

I normally can boot regular Debian isos

You could use a Debian netinstall and run johnraff's installation script from that.

See https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 339#p18339

Does your firmware ("BIOS") have an option for "CSM" or "Legacy" mode?

This should allow the BunsenLabs ISO image to boot but it will only install a non-UEFI system.