On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 07:46:03PM -0700, Humberto Hassey wrote: > Finally got it to work!! here is the procedure, I hope it helps someone > else: > > Step 1 start the installation with the Debian DVD and go through it unitl > it sais Grub failed > > Step 2 in a separate USB memory and with a working debian system do: > > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub-efi-amd64 > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub2-common > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download grub-efi-amd64-bin > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download efibootmngr > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download libefvar0 > > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download linux-base > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download Initramfs-tools > sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports download linux-image-4XXXXXXX (i dont > remember > just pick your 4.x image)
Why did it need an updated linux-image? Was that NVMe related or video related or something else? The only machine I tried NVMe boot on had a new enough CPU that video had problems with 3.16, and of course being I used the testing installer it already had a newer kernel. I could see the grub installer getting new regexes added in jessie. I doubt adding a newer kernel to the installer is considered an option. > Step3 on the system that you are installing go into a terminal > > cd /target > mount --rbind /sys sys/ > mount --rbind /dev dev/ > mount --rbind /run run/ > chroot . /bin/bash > > Step 4 insert your usb and do cd /var/ ls and figure out its name usually > /dev/sdb1 > > Step 5 mount your usb with the packages > mkdir ./cosas > mount /dev/sdb1 ./cosas > cd cosas > > Step 6 start installing the linux kernel packages, then the grub starting > in this order > linux-base > initramfs-tools > linux-imagexxxxx > libefvar0 > efibootmngr > grub-efi-amd64-bin > grub2common > grubefi-amd64 > > Step 7 > exit the console by typing exit > > step 8 > finish the installation > > step9 > Reboot > > step 10 Enjoy. I am wondering if going to a shell, editing the grub installer to update the disk names and then continuing (without adding any new packages) would be sufficient. -- Len Sorensen
