Package: Installer Version: CR1
Hello, I tried twice to install Debian wheezy on a laptop sold with no operating system, Acer Travelmate P253-E, with the Bios set in Legacy mode, the default mode that it had. The source of the installation was a Usb memory of 8 gb with the Debian DVD of 64 bits candidate 1 and later the weekly snapshot. The installation process went well though it never came the screen to select grub target device, but the installer said it had been successful. In trying to boot, then, there was no bootable device in the computer. As I needed to use the computer I tried to install an Ubuntu system to substitute the failed Debian. First surprise, Ubuntu installer prompted to install it alongside Dabian, so I took profit of the occasion and installed this way. Second surprise, when all was done, Ubuntu's grub was able to boot Debian without any problem. Once in Ubuntu, I revised the hard disc structure with Gparted and then came the third surprise: there was a boot-efi partition created. So it seems that the Debian installer created an unnecessary boot-efi partition that confused the booting process of the system, which had been set always in legacy mode. This case was not stated in Testing installation errata, so I hope this information is useful. It has taken a while discovering it, so sorry for not sending this note before. Thanks for your attention, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
