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Re: Install ok, boot fail

From Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Install ok, boot fail
Date 2016-02-05 17:10 +0100
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On Fri 05 Feb 2016 at 15:05:27 +0100, Fabrizio Carrai wrote:

> Hello all,
> I'm using a single board computer where I'm trying to install Debian 8.3.
> 
> The boot from USB was fine, and so the whole installation process. The
> target SATA HD has been partitioned by the installer and nothing was
> remaining of old installation.
> 
> Then, at the boot time, nothing happen. After the BIOS messages the screen
> remain black (no messages at all).
> 
> I temporary move the disk to another computer and then I was able to boot
> the fresh Debian installation (that confirmed that the installation was ok).

The other computer likely has a graphics card which (for whatever reason)
can handle what is given to it.

> Any idea on the problem or how I could investigate on ?

Can you reboot the single board computer with CTRL-ALT-DEL and get back
to the GRUB menu?

At the GRUB menu edit the "linux" line and add "nomodeset" to the end of
it. Boot with F10.

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Install ok, boot fail Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 15:10 +0100
  Re: Install ok, boot fail debian@semioptimal.net - 2016-02-05 15:30 +0100
    Re: Install ok, boot fail Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 11:50 +0100
      Re: Install ok, boot fail "computer.enthusiastic" <computer.enthusiastic@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 17:10 +0100
        Re: Install ok, boot fail Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 00:20 +0100
  Re: Install ok, boot fail Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-02-05 17:10 +0100
    Re: Install ok, boot fail Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-02-06 00:30 +0100
      Re: Install ok, boot fail Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 12:40 +0100
        Re: Install ok, boot fail Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 13:30 +0100
          Re: Install ok, boot fail Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-02-08 22:10 +0100
            Re: Install ok, boot fail Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 22:40 +0100
          Re: Install ok, boot fail arian <debian@semioptimal.net> - 2016-02-09 17:50 +0100
            Re: Install ok, boot fail Fabrizio Carrai <fabrizio.carrai@gmail.com> - 2016-02-09 19:10 +0100

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