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| From | David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: "Bug" in Debian Installer? |
| Date | 2023-04-16 01:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <GkX29-2hMw-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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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 ;)
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew
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>
...
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.
David
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