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| From | David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: "Bug" in Debian Installer? |
| Date | 2023-04-17 04:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <GlmDg-2xGi-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 4/16/23 03:41, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 16/04/2023 05:51, David Christensen wrote:
>> 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>
>
> Perhaps at this point installer detected EFI system partition that was
> used to install grub:
>
>> In the past, d-i "Install" would prompt me regarding GRUB. This time,
>> it did not.
> ...
>> 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.
>
> New boot entry usually should be created in such case from EFI Shell, by
> efibootmgr, etc. Some firmware allows to choose an .efi file
> (EFI/debian/shimx64.efi) to boot. I do not remember which grub or shim
> script creates EFI boot entry.
>
>> 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:
>
> Why do you think it is wrong?
Because OS installers should not modify a disk unless the user
authorizes it.
Here are my notes from a debian-9.9.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 install on
February 2, 2020:
Install GRUB into master boot record Yes
Device /dev/sda
That was the proper way to do it.
David
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