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Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

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On 9/30/23 08:34, Hans wrote:
> Dear folks,
> 
> since days I am now fighting with a big and special problem I fell into.
> 
> On my notebook I have 2 drives, one is a NVME drive, the other a normal
> harddrive.
> 
> The NVME has got Widows_11 and Debian_12 on it.
> 
> But here is the problem:
> 
> As I resized the Windows and Linux partitions, the UUIDs have changed. Thus,
> now the root partition can not be found any more, as the UUID has changed.
> 
> This is not the only problem! Windows has changed the BIOS settings during an
> update. Now it has set from AHCI to RAID. This is the first problem.
> 
> Second: The setting of AHCI has disappeared, so I can not change the settings
> in BIOS. And: the BIOS can not be reflashed!
> 
> In the meantime I was able to disable UEFI in BIOS (with a trick), and it is
> no AMI-BIOS. The BIOS is called "INSYDEH20" Rev. 5.0.
> 
> I tried hard, used lots of livefile systems (Ubuntu, Kali, Knoppix, Debian-
> live, Debian-Installer in rescue mode, super-grub-disk, Rescatux and lots
> more).
> 
> Whatever I do, no system is showing me /dev/nvme0pXXX! Of course tried nvme-
> cli tools, without any success.
> 
> Important: The partitions and its content are still existent! I can get access
> to them in Windows using a tool, which let me get access to the partitions and
> its content. This means, I could edit /etc/fstab, if I could find out the
> correct UUID.
> 
> At boot, I can edit the kernel params, there is root=UUID=MY_UUID, here I also
> tried "root=/dev/nmve0p1n6", but also got no success. As I said, I can get
> access to the /etc/fstab, but without the correct UUID it makes no sense.
> 
> I tried also a complete reinstall of Debian_12, but the installer does not see
> /dev/nvme0XXXXX whatever. The kernel parameter "nvme_load=YES" did also not
> help.
> 
> Now I am complete lost, because I have no more clue.
> 
> In short, things do not work:
> 
> 1. Debian Installer does not see the harddrive (/dev/nvmeXXXX)
> 
> 2. With UEFI enabled, most lifesystems do NOT boot.
> 
> 3. All /dev/nvmeXXXXX can not be seen or activated
> 
> 4. All UUID lost!
> 
> 5. In BIOS there is no setting "AHCI/IDE/RAID" (existed once, but it is now
> gone). Windows has obviously overwritten it.
> 
> I could install a fresh debian_12 on the second harddrive (which is no nvme),
> but also from this one, I can not get access to the first harddrive (nvme),
> even not with nvme-cli tools.
> 
> I would be happy, if someone would share some other ideas if any, as my ideas
> at the moment are out.
> 
> Thank you for reading this and any help.
> 
> Oh, last but not least: A fresh install would be no problem, but the Debian
> installer DVD does ALSO NOT see the /dev/nvme.
> 
> Big big problem.....
> 
> Thanks for reading and your help.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Hans


Please provide manufacturer names and part numbers for:

* notebook computer

* NVMe drive

* hard drive


David

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