Boot method: USB
Image version:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-testing-amd64--standard+nonfree.iso
2021-04-10 11:56:54
Date: 2021-04-10
Machine: HP ENVY 17-cg1702nz
Partitions:
# LC_ALL=C fdisk -l
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 953.87 GiB, 1024209543168 bytes, 2000409264 sectors
Disk model: KBG40ZNV1T02 KIOXIA
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 141859CE-E2A0-43C6-8BB9-0F4C5C698C49
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 534527 532480 260M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 534528 567295 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/nvme0n1p3 567296 201983999 201416704 96G Microsoft basic data
/dev/nvme0n1p4 1999251456 2000396287 1144832 559M Windows recovery environment
/dev/nvme0n1p5 201984000 1999251455 1797267456 857G Linux filesystem
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [ O ]
Detect network card: [ O ]
Configure network: [ O ]
Detect media: [ O ]
Load installer modules: [ O ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ O ]
User/password setup: [ O ]
Detect hard drives: [ O ]
Partition hard drives: [ O ]
Install base system: [ O ]
Install tasks: [ O ]
Install boot loader: [ E ]
Overall install: [ O ]
Comments/Problems:
This problem looks very similar to #933523 but is probably not the same
problem. In /var/log/installer/syslog I can see:
Apr 10 10:40:16 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on 'dummy'
Apr 10 10:40:16 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
Apr 10 10:40:16 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force "dummy"
Apr 10 10:40:16 grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Apr 10 10:40:16 grub-installer: grub-install: error: cannot find EFI directory
Apr 10 10:40:16 grub-installer: .
Apr 10 10:40:16 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force "dummy"' failed.
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): File descriptor 3 (pipe:[13673]) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 29476: /bin/sh
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 29476: /bin/sh
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 29476: /bin/sh
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 29476: /bin/sh
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): Volume group "nvme0n1" not found
Apr 10 10:44:47 main-menu[305]: (process:22331): Cannot process volume group nvme0n1
So I am assuming the problem is the installer "not finding" the "nvme0n1"
volume group?
After hitting that problem I followed this stackoverflow suggestion:
* https://askubuntu.com/questions/853497/grub-install-error-cannot-find-efi-directory
I made sure everything was mounted into /target (as I remember everything
*was* correctly mounted there), then:
chroot /target
mkdir /boot/efi
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /boot/efi/ # the EFI partition was *not* mounted
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi
and that was it, grub installed successfully and after rebooting I was
able to boot into my installation.
You'll find a tarball of /var/log/installer attached.
That said: awesome work! I was excited all that new HW was recognized and
- appart from the grub glitch above - everything worked without problems.
Thanks to you d-i team!!! <3 !
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