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Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub

Started byray <ray@aarden.us>
First post2015-10-19 02:40 +0200
Last post2015-10-20 06:50 +0200
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  Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2015-10-19 02:40 +0200
    Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub moxalt <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2015-10-19 04:20 +0200
      Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2015-10-20 04:10 +0200
        Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 11:00 +0200
          Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2015-10-21 01:00 +0200
            Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 11:00 +0200
    Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2015-10-19 10:50 +0200
      Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub ray <ray@aarden.us> - 2015-10-20 04:10 +0200
        Re: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-10-20 06:50 +0200

#159422 — Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub

Fromray <ray@aarden.us>
Date2015-10-19 02:40 +0200
SubjectReinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub
Message-ID<ql6Ex-4Vo-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
I have stretch installed on a Toshiba and I am not able to reinstall it.  
The first instance was installed using the BIOS mode CSM.  I want to reinstall using UEFI.  

Now, I am using the a USB stick which Rufus was used to install stretch 64 DVD disk 1.  I changed the BIOS from CSM to UEFI.  After inserting the USB stick into the laptop, the Debian graphic page came up.  I pressed tab to open a command line to input:
video=VGA:1860x1080 
This is to limit how small the font shows up in the following screens.

I got a command line prompt:
grub>  
I input the video command.  No errors were reported.  But I have not found out how to get out of the command line mode.

After turning of the laptop and back on without the USB stick, it goes directly to the grub prompt.  I put the stick back in and power cycle it, it comes back to the grub prompt.  I repeated with rufus to see if the stick may have been changed.  The newly written stick does not change anything, it goes directly to the grub prompt.

How do I move this forward?  
Run the video command
Continue the installation process from the command line.

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#159424

Frommoxalt <moxalt@riseup.net>
Date2015-10-19 04:20 +0200
Message-ID<ql8dk-7kZ-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159422
On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:17:52 -0700 (PDT), ray <ray@aarden.us> wrote:

> I have stretch installed on a Toshiba and I am not able to reinstall it.  
> The first instance was installed using the BIOS mode CSM.  I want to
> reinstall using UEFI.

Why do you want UEFI? You've got a working installation from CSM.

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#159498

Fromray <ray@aarden.us>
Date2015-10-20 04:10 +0200
Message-ID<qluxb-6lH-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159424
It is my understanding that UEFI is appropriate for systems with HDD > 2TB.

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#159514

FromReco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>
Date2015-10-20 11:00 +0200
Message-ID<qlAVX-77N-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159498
	Hi.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 06:41:51PM -0700, ray wrote:
> It is my understanding that UEFI is appropriate for systems with HDD > 2TB.  

UEFI has nothing to do with the disk size. GPT, on the other hand, does.
And yes, you can force BIOS to boot from GPT-labeled drive.

Reco

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#159552

Fromray <ray@aarden.us>
Date2015-10-21 01:00 +0200
Message-ID<qlO2T-10k-27@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159514
Reco,

Thank you for the info.  Can you suggest how this can help resolve the issue?

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#159562

FromReco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>
Date2015-10-21 11:00 +0200
Message-ID<qlXpw-6nw-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159552
	Hi.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 03:31:49PM -0700, ray wrote:
> Reco,
> 
> Thank you for the info.  Can you suggest how this can help resolve the issue?

Install either grub-efi-amd64 or grub-efi-ia32 (not both, choose one of
these according to UEFI used in the laptop).
Disable BIOS compatibility (aka CSM).
Reboot.

Reco

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#159441

FromJude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>
Date2015-10-19 10:50 +0200
Message-ID<qleiK-7D6-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159422
control-alt-f7 gets you back to graphical mode. On Sun, 18 Oct 2015, ray 
wrote:

> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 20:17:52
> From: ray <ray@aarden.us>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Reinstall Stretch - Returns to Grub
> Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:36:09 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> I have stretch installed on a Toshiba and I am not able to reinstall it.
> The first instance was installed using the BIOS mode CSM.  I want to reinstall using UEFI.
>
> Now, I am using the a USB stick which Rufus was used to install stretch 64 DVD disk 1.  I changed the BIOS from CSM to UEFI.  After inserting the USB stick into the laptop, the Debian graphic page came up.  I pressed tab to open a command line to input:
> video=VGA:1860x1080
> This is to limit how small the font shows up in the following screens.
>
> I got a command line prompt:
> grub>
> I input the video command.  No errors were reported.  But I have not found out how to get out of the command line mode.
>
> After turning of the laptop and back on without the USB stick, it goes directly to the grub prompt.  I put the stick back in and power cycle it, it comes back to the grub prompt.  I repeated with rufus to see if the stick may have been changed.  The newly written stick does not change anything, it goes directly to the grub prompt.
>
> How do I move this forward?
> Run the video command
> Continue the installation process from the command line.
>
>

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#159499

Fromray <ray@aarden.us>
Date2015-10-20 04:10 +0200
Message-ID<qluxb-6lH-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159441
> control-alt-f7 gets you back to graphical mode. On Sun, 18 Oct 2015, ray 
> wrote:

The system does not respond to cntrl-alt-f7 

Just to clarigy, the system is at the grub prompt in a CSM boot.

The BIOS has two settings for function key implementation.  I have tried this under both.

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#159505

FromFelix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Date2015-10-20 06:50 +0200
Message-ID<qlx22-1v7-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#159499
ray composed on 2015-10-19 18:46 (UTC-0700):

> Jude DaShiell composed on 2015-10-19 04:48 (UTC-0400):

>> control-alt-f7 gets you back to graphical mode.

> The system does not respond to cntrl-alt-f7 

> Just to clarigy, the system is at the grub prompt in a CSM boot.

> The BIOS has two settings for function key implementation.  I have tried this under both.

Ctrl-Alt-F7 is only applicable after you've booted Linux. You've not even
begun to boot Linux if you're looking at a grub> prompt. From a grub> prompt
it is possible to boot by typing in commands similarly to the way commands
work from a bash prompt. The commands you need will vary according to your
system's configuration, and can be found in Grub's man page or a howto
somewhere. You may find it easier to boot installation media to a rescue
system to reinstall the bootloader using scripts, but it doesn't hurt to
learn the basic Grub commands, in case the problem arises again in the future.
-- 
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words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

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